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Financial News News 29 December 2025

Mastercard stock holds near $580 as Fed minutes loom and year-end trading thins

Mastercard stock holds near $580 as Fed minutes loom and year-end trading thins

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 22:44 ET — Market closed Mastercard shares ended Friday up 0.03% at $579.60, as U.S. stocks drifted in light post-holiday trading. Yahoo Finance The stock’s quiet finish leaves investors focused on what can still move markets in the final stretch of the year: interest-rate expectations and any signs that consumer spending is cooling or holding up. Reuters That matters for Mastercard because payment networks are widely viewed as steady growth businesses, and their valuations tend to react to shifts in bond yields and the expected path of Federal Reserve policy. Reuters On Friday, Wall Street
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Linde stock barely budges into year-end as Fed minutes loom

Linde stock barely budges into year-end as Fed minutes loom

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 22:39 ET — Market closed Linde plc shares ended the last U.S. session little changed, slipping 0.03% to $424.77 at the Dec. 26 close, according to Wall Street Journal market data. The stock was last quoted at $426.63 at 6:22 p.m. ET in after-hours trading, which is trading after the 4 p.m. close. Wall Street Journal The industrial gases supplier moved in step with a broader materials bid as Wall Street “caught its breath” in thin post-Christmas trading, a Reuters report said. Materials was the strongest-performing sector among the S&P 500’s 11 groups. Reuters Why
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Philip Morris stock dips as ex-dividend reset hits; eyes on year-end data next

Philip Morris stock dips as ex-dividend reset hits; eyes on year-end data next

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 22:06 ET — Market closed Philip Morris International shares last closed down 1% at $161.05 on Friday, a move that largely reflected the stock trading ex-dividend for its quarterly payout. Nasdaq+1 The ex-dividend date is the first day a stock trades without the right to the next dividend; buyers after that date do not receive the upcoming payment. Shares often fall by roughly the dividend amount on that reset, which can make the day’s headline move look bigger than the underlying trading. OTC Markets PMI’s board declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.47 per share,
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Salesforce stock ends slightly higher as year-end trading thins and Fed minutes loom

Salesforce stock ends slightly higher as year-end trading thins and Fed minutes loom

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 22:02 ET — Market closed Salesforce shares last closed up 0.3% at $266.08 on Friday, edging higher in light post-Christmas trading. Nasdaq The stock’s next directional cue may come less from company headlines and more from macro signals, with the final stretch of the year typically marked by thinner liquidity and outsized reactions to small shifts in interest-rate expectations. Reuters+1 That matters for Salesforce because growth stocks in software often trade on how investors discount future cash flows — a calculation that becomes more sensitive when traders re-price the path of U.S. rates. Reuters In
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Lumentum stock in focus after Friday slide as Fed minutes, next earnings near

Lumentum stock in focus after Friday slide as Fed minutes, next earnings near

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 21:54 ET — Market closed Lumentum Holdings Inc shares last traded at $390.77, down 1.3% from their previous close, in the final U.S. session before the weekend. The move comes as investors brace for the final stretch of 2025 with stocks near record peaks and the market focused on interest-rate expectations. Minutes — the detailed account of the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting — are due Tuesday. Reuters “Momentum is certainly on the side of the bulls,” Paul Nolte, senior wealth adviser and market strategist at Murphy & Sylvest Wealth Management, said in a note
29 December 2025
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Rigetti stock drops nearly 9% as quantum names cool into year-end

Rigetti stock drops nearly 9% as quantum names cool into year-end

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 21:47 ET — Market closed Rigetti Computing shares slid 8.6% to $22.38 in Friday’s regular session, retreating as quantum-computing stocks pulled back into the final week of the year. The move matters now because year-end trading tends to magnify swings in high-volatility stocks, while investors reassess crowded themes ahead of 2026. Reuters described Friday’s broader tape as light-volume and catalyst-thin, a backdrop that can sharpen moves in speculative corners of the market. Reuters Other “pure-play” quantum names fell in tandem. IonQ dropped about 7.6%, D-Wave Quantum slid about 8.1% and Quantum Computing Inc fell about
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SoFi stock slips into year-end lull as Fed minutes loom

SoFi stock slips into year-end lull as Fed minutes loom

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 21:31 ET — Market closed SoFi Technologies, Inc. shares fell 1.5% in the latest U.S. session, ending at $27.07 on Friday as year-end trading volumes stayed light. StockAnalysis The move matters now because the final trading days of the year can exaggerate swings in growth and fintech names, just as investors brace for fresh signals on interest rates and the economy. Reuters+1 Wall Street’s major indexes slipped slightly on Friday in a quiet, post-Christmas session, extending a holiday-thinned stretch that has left stock-specific catalysts in sharper focus. Reuters SoFi, an online lender and bank, is
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Merck stock holds near 52-week high as year-end trading turns to Fed minutes

Merck stock holds near 52-week high as year-end trading turns to Fed minutes

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 21:37 ET — Market closed Merck & Co shares finished the last U.S. session up 0.3% at $106.78, closing just below a 52-week high after a quiet, post-Christmas session left the broader market marginally lower. Yahoo Finance+1 The move matters for investors because late-December flows can push big, liquid drugmakers around even without fresh company news, as portfolios rebalance into year-end and trading volumes stay light. Reuters+1 Attention is also shifting to interest-rate expectations, which can influence valuations for defensive, dividend-paying stocks such as large pharmaceuticals. Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent meeting are
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Coupang stock in focus after $1.18 billion data-leak voucher plan

Coupang stock in focus after $1.18 billion data-leak voucher plan

NEW YORK, Dec 28, 2025, 21:31 ET — Market closed Coupang (CPNG) said it will roll out vouchers worth 1.69 trillion won ($1.18 billion) to South Korean users after a data leak, a move likely to keep the New York-listed e-commerce group’s shares in focus when U.S. trading resumes. Coupang shares closed Friday up 6.5% at $24.27. Reuters The compensation package is large enough to raise questions about near-term costs, even though vouchers are not the same as a cash payout. It also lands as lawmakers and regulators in South Korea press the company over data protection. Reuters+1 The announcement
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GE Vernova stock slips into year-end as traders eye Fed minutes and Jan. 28 earnings

GE Vernova stock slips into year-end as traders eye Fed minutes and Jan. 28 earnings

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 21:16 ET — Market closed. GE Vernova Inc. (GEV) shares ended the last session down 0.6% on Friday at $663.46. The stock traded between $660.49 and $668.20. Yahoo Finance+1 The move comes as investors head into the final trading days of the year still focused on power-demand plays tied to data centers and grid spending. GE Vernova has been a key beneficiary of that theme, with management pointing to a long-cycle buildout in electricity infrastructure. GE Vernova+1 Why it matters now: the company sits in a market where supply is tight for large gas turbines,
29 December 2025
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IREN stock slides 4% into year-end as bitcoin miners cool — what’s next

IREN stock slides 4% into year-end as bitcoin miners cool — what’s next

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 21:05 ET — Market closed IREN Limited shares last closed down 4% at $40.30, extending a recent pullback for the bitcoin miner-turned-AI infrastructure play into the final trading days of 2025. Investing.com The move matters now because IREN has become a high-beta gauge of two volatile themes — crypto prices and investor appetite for power-hungry AI data centers — at a time when year-end liquidity can amplify swings. U.S. markets return Monday for the last stretch of 2025 trading, with investors watching both macro data and bitcoin’s direction. MarketWatch IREN’s shares have been sensitive to
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D-Wave stock slides 8% into year-end pullback — what to watch before Monday’s open

D-Wave stock slides 8% into year-end pullback — what to watch before Monday’s open

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 21:00 ET — Market closed. D-Wave Quantum Inc. shares closed down 8.1% on Friday, extending a late-December pullback in the quantum-computing stock ahead of the final trading days of 2025. Yahoo Finance The move matters because trading conditions are typically thinner around year-end, and D-Wave has been a high-beta gauge of risk appetite in the small, volatile pocket of quantum pure-play stocks. Investors+1 In the broader market, major U.S. indexes finished little changed in post-Christmas trade, while small caps underperformed — a backdrop that often pressures speculative growth names. Investors D-Wave traded between $24.76 and
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Stock Market Today

ST Engineering stock price drops 2% to S$9.71 as drone-autonomy tie-up grabs attention

ST Engineering stock price drops 2% to S$9.71 as drone-autonomy tie-up grabs attention

7 February 2026
ST Engineering shares fell 1.9% to S$9.71 Friday, outpacing the Singapore market’s 0.8% drop amid a tech-led selloff. The company signed a deal with Shield AI at the Singapore Airshow to integrate autonomy software into its unmanned platforms and unveiled a small drone capable of carrying explosives. About 6.9 million shares traded as investors await full-year results on Feb. 27.
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