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Federal Reserve News 31 December 2025

Goldman Sachs stock slips on New Year’s Eve as Fed repo borrowing hits a record

Goldman Sachs stock slips on New Year’s Eve as Fed repo borrowing hits a record

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 14:39 ET — Regular session Goldman Sachs shares slipped on Wednesday as U.S. stocks drifted lower in holiday-thin trading on the final session of 2025. The stock was down 0.3% at $881.64 after swinging between $876.75 and $886.26 earlier in the day. The muted move still matters because year-end trading can exaggerate small flows. Portfolio rebalancing, tax positioning and balance-sheet constraints often make liquidity patchy, especially in big financial names. Traders were also watching short-term funding markets, where banks and dealers typically hunt for cash at quarter- and year-end. Signs of strain can spill into
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JPMorgan stock edges up in thin year-end trade as Fed minutes and funding markets steer banks

JPMorgan stock edges up in thin year-end trade as Fed minutes and funding markets steer banks

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 13:56 ET — Regular session JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) shares were up 0.3% at $324.25 in afternoon trading on Wednesday, moving in a narrow range in the final U.S. equity session of 2025. The muted move matters because big U.S. banks are heading into January with two rate-sensitive crosscurrents: a Federal Reserve that has started cutting but remains divided on how much more, and a year-end squeeze in short-term funding markets. For JPMorgan, the direction of rates can quickly show up in results. Higher market yields can support net interest income — the gap
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Palantir stock today: PLTR edges lower as Fed minutes and year-end trading test the AI rally

Palantir stock today: PLTR edges lower as Fed minutes and year-end trading test the AI rally

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 12:18 ET — Regular session Palantir Technologies Inc shares were down 0.4% at $180.18 in midday trading on Wednesday, easing alongside a muted pullback in U.S. equities on the final trading day of 2025. The stock has traded between $179.34 and $181.80, with volume around 8.8 million shares. Palantir has been one of 2025’s standout AI-linked software stocks, up about 140% for the year. Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives, who named Palantir a top AI stock pick for 2026, set a $230 price target and said demand for the company’s AI platform remained “unprecedented.” Business
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Dow Jones today: Fed minutes and thin liquidity set the tone for 2025’s final session

Dow Jones today: Fed minutes and thin liquidity set the tone for 2025’s final session

NEW YORK, Dec 31, 2025, 02:56 ET — Market closed The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended slightly lower on Tuesday as investors digested Federal Reserve meeting minutes and pared exposure to parts of the tech-heavy rally into the year’s final session. The index finished at 48,367.06, down 94.87 points, or 0.20%. Reuters The timing matters. Wednesday is the last U.S. cash equity session of 2025, and trading has been thin, a setup that can amplify swings when big funds rebalance portfolios and traders close books. Reuters A fresh debate is taking shape under the surface: whether 2026 returns broaden beyond
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Arm stock edges higher as Fed minutes steer year-end tech trade — what investors watch next

Arm stock edges higher as Fed minutes steer year-end tech trade — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 23:11 ET — Market closed Arm Holdings’ U.S.-listed sponsored ADRs (ARM.O) ended Tuesday up 0.32% at $110.86, a small gain in a choppy session that left the broader market slightly lower. MarketWatch+1 The muted move matters now because investors are recalibrating rate-sensitive growth exposure into year-end, after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s December meeting highlighted unusually sharp divisions over the path of policy. Reuters For Arm, the next clear company catalyst is earnings. Arm’s investor relations calendar lists Feb. 4, 2026 as a tentative date for its fiscal third-quarter results, a report investors will use
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Prologis stock ticks up as Fed minutes sharpen rate watch heading into New Year’s Eve session

Prologis stock ticks up as Fed minutes sharpen rate watch heading into New Year’s Eve session

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 22:52 ET — Market closed. Prologis Inc (PLD) shares closed up 0.4% at $129.01 on Tuesday, after trading between $128.24 and $129.14. Volume was about 1.8 million shares, according to market data. The modest move still matters for Prologis because real estate investment trusts (REITs) tend to trade with interest-rate expectations. Higher bond yields can pressure valuations, while lower yields can make REIT dividends and property cash flows look more attractive. Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s Dec. 9-10 meeting, released Tuesday, showed the quarter-point rate cut was “finely balanced,” as officials debated labor-market risks against
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Chubb stock today: CB slips on Fed minutes, holds near a 52-week peak

Chubb stock today: CB slips on Fed minutes, holds near a 52-week peak

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 22:46 ET — Market closed Chubb Limited shares ended slightly lower on Tuesday as investors weighed fresh signals on where U.S. interest rates go next. The stock closed at $314.14, down about 0.1%. The move matters because insurers invest premium income largely in bonds, and shifting yields can change what new investments earn over time. Rate expectations also shape risk appetite late in the year, when liquidity can thin and price swings can look larger than usual. U.S. stocks finished modestly lower and Treasury yields edged up after the Federal Reserve released minutes of its
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Deere stock slips ahead of ex-dividend day as Fed minutes hit year-end trade

Deere stock slips ahead of ex-dividend day as Fed minutes hit year-end trade

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:44 PM ET — Market closed Deere & Company (DE) shares were last down 0.05% at $469.94 after U.S. markets closed on Tuesday. The stock traded between $469.00 and $473.10 during the session. The move comes with Deere due to trade ex-dividend on Wednesday. “Ex-dividend” means the shares change hands without the right to the next dividend payment, so buyers on or after that date generally do not receive it. StockAnalysis That matters at year-end, when lighter liquidity can amplify small, technical flows. For dividend-paying stocks, positioning around the ex-dividend date can also pull demand
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Eaton stock slips as Fed minutes cap thin year-end session; ETN traders eye jobless claims next

Eaton stock slips as Fed minutes cap thin year-end session; ETN traders eye jobless claims next

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 22:04 ET — Market closed Eaton Corporation plc shares edged lower on Tuesday, closing down 0.18% at $320.86, as Wall Street drifted modestly lower in light year-end trading. StockAnalysis+1 The move comes with markets heading into the final U.S. equity session of 2025, when thin liquidity can amplify even small shifts in risk appetite. Investors are also repositioning around interest-rate expectations, a key driver for industrial and infrastructure-linked stocks such as Eaton. Reuters Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting of the year — the detailed record of policymakers’ debate — showed divisions over
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Qualcomm stock edges higher in thin year-end trade as Fed minutes land — what to watch next

Qualcomm stock edges higher in thin year-end trade as Fed minutes land — what to watch next

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 21:28 ET — Market closed Qualcomm Incorporated shares finished modestly higher on Tuesday, closing up 0.22 points, or 0.13%, at $173.65. The small gain came as Wall Street ended slightly lower in choppy, holiday-thinned trading. The Dow fell 0.20%, the S&P 500 slipped 0.14% and the Nasdaq lost 0.23%, while Apple fell 0.3% and Nvidia dropped 0.4%, according to Reuters. Mark Hackett, chief market strategist at Nationwide, said: “It’s just a healthy rebalancing of allocations more so than an emotionally driven sell-off.” Reuters Why this matters now: late-December positioning can move chip stocks even when
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Vertiv (VRT) stock slips in thin year-end trade as Fed minutes reset rate focus

Vertiv (VRT) stock slips in thin year-end trade as Fed minutes reset rate focus

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 20:22 ET — Market closed Vertiv Holdings Co shares fell 0.7% to $164.34 on Tuesday, tracking a soft finish for U.S. equities into the final day of the year. The pullback matters now because year-end flows can exaggerate moves in stocks tied to big themes such as data-center expansion, especially when liquidity is thin. Rate expectations also tend to loom larger late in the year as investors reset allocations for 2026. Reuters+1 Vertiv sells power and cooling equipment used in data centers, a corner of the market that has drawn heavy attention as companies build
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MercadoLibre stock closes higher as year-end trading thins; Fed minutes keep rates in focus

MercadoLibre stock closes higher as year-end trading thins; Fed minutes keep rates in focus

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 20:48 ET — Market closed MercadoLibre Inc (MELI) shares closed up 0.3% at $2,020.88 on Tuesday, after trading between $1,997.46 and $2,028.95. Volume was about 294,000 shares. The muted move mattered because liquidity has been thin into the year-end, and small shifts in rate expectations can swing the prices of higher-growth stocks. Investors often adjust what they are willing to pay for future earnings when interest rates move. That rate sensitivity stayed front and center after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s Dec. 9-10 meeting showed officials divided on how much more to cut in 2026.
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Stock Market Today

Walmart stock jumps to $131 as traders brace for CPI and Feb. 19 earnings

Walmart stock jumps to $131 as traders brace for CPI and Feb. 19 earnings

7 February 2026
Walmart shares rose 3.3% Friday to $131.18, up 10% since Jan. 30, as the Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time. The retailer’s market value crossed $1 trillion this week. Investors await January inflation data on Feb. 13 and Walmart’s quarterly results on Feb. 19 for signs of continued momentum.
Caterpillar stock price jumps 7% to $726 as Dow cracks 50,000 — what matters next week

Caterpillar stock price jumps 7% to $726 as Dow cracks 50,000 — what matters next week

7 February 2026
Caterpillar shares surged 7.1% to $726.20 Friday, driving the Dow above 50,000 for the first time. The move erased recent losses and followed insider selling by Group President Bob De Lange earlier in the week. Deere and CNH Industrial also gained as investors rotated into industrial stocks. Markets await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data.
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