Linde stock edges higher in thin year-end trade as investors eye Fed minutes
NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 12:34 ET — Regular session Linde plc shares edged higher on Tuesday as investors navigated thin year-end trading and awaited fresh signals on U.S. interest rates. The industrial gases company’s stock was up 0.2% at $427.21 by midday, while the SPDR S&P 500 ETF was down 0.1%. The small move matters now because late-December trading can exaggerate price swings. Investors are also watching for central bank clues that could move bond yields and, by extension, valuations across industrial and materials-linked names. “I wouldn’t try to make too much out of anything that happens in a