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Silver Tops $75 as Gold and Platinum Hit New Records in Holiday Trading: Global Markets Wrap for Dec. 26, 2025

Silver Tops $75 as Gold and Platinum Hit New Records in Holiday Trading: Global Markets Wrap for Dec. 26, 2025

Silver blasted through the $75-per-ounce threshold for the first time on Friday, December 26, as an end-of-year squeeze in liquidity collided with a powerful mix of rate-cut expectations, a softer dollar, and surging demand for precious metals as both hedges and industrial inputs. Gold held above $4,500 after notching fresh all-time highs, while platinum and palladium erupted higher—moves that traders described as amplified by thin holiday markets and the smaller size of those metals’ trading pools. Reuters
26 December 2025
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Dow Jones Today (Dec. 26, 2025): DJIA Slips After Record Close as “Santa Rally” Meets Holiday-Thin Trading

Dow Jones Today (Dec. 26, 2025): DJIA Slips After Record Close as “Santa Rally” Meets Holiday-Thin Trading

NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average is back in action on Friday, December 26, 2025, after U.S. markets were closed for Christmas Day. After notching a fresh record close in the pre-holiday session, the blue-chip index has cooled a touch in early post-Christmas trading, with liquidity expected to stay thin as many desks remain lightly staffed and large parts of Europe observe Boxing Day. Reuters
26 December 2025
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Tim Cook Buys $3 Million in Nike Stock as S&P 500 Hits Record Highs; Gold Hovers Near $4,500 in Holiday “Santa Rally” Trade

Tim Cook Buys $3 Million in Nike Stock as S&P 500 Hits Record Highs; Gold Hovers Near $4,500 in Holiday “Santa Rally” Trade

Dec. 25, 2025 — With U.S. markets closed for Christmas Day, investors are spending the holiday digesting a rare combination of headline signals: a high-profile insider buy at Nike by Apple CEO Tim Cook, record closes for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average, and a commodities complex that has turned “year-end” into “record-end,” led by gold’s surge to the doorstep of $4,500 an ounce. CNA
25 December 2025
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Singapore Stock Market Today (Dec 25, 2025): SGX Closed for Christmas, STI Holds Near Highs as 2026 Forecasts Turn Constructive

Singapore Stock Market Today (Dec 25, 2025): SGX Closed for Christmas, STI Holds Near Highs as 2026 Forecasts Turn Constructive

With no cash equities trading on the Singapore Exchange this Thursday, investors are using the pause to digest the latest Straits Times Index action from Christmas Eve, assess the inflation signal that helped push the benchmark to fresh levels earlier this week, and line up expectations for 2026 as sell-side and private-bank strategists publish increasingly detailed roadmaps for Singapore equities. OCBC Bank
25 December 2025
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Union Pacific (UNP) Stock After Hours Today (Dec. 24, 2025): Merger Scrutiny, Holiday-Thin Trading, and What to Watch Before the Next Market Open

Union Pacific (UNP) Stock After Hours Today (Dec. 24, 2025): Merger Scrutiny, Holiday-Thin Trading, and What to Watch Before the Next Market Open

Union Pacific Corporation finished Christmas Eve in positive territory during a holiday-shortened session, then drifted modestly lower in after-hours trading—an unsurprising setup given thin liquidity, year-end positioning, and the market’s continued focus on Union Pacific’s proposed megamerger with Norfolk Southern.
25 December 2025
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