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Investing News 30 December 2025 - 31 December 2025

Linde stock closes higher in thin year-end trade as Fed minutes reset rate bets

Linde stock closes higher in thin year-end trade as Fed minutes reset rate bets

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 20:17 ET — Market closed Linde plc shares closed up about 0.4% on Tuesday at $428.36. The Nasdaq-listed industrial gases maker traded between $423.31 and $429.46, with about 1.5 million shares changing hands. The muted move matters now because year-end positioning has thinned liquidity, making even small shifts in rates and risk appetite show up quickly in large-cap stocks. Investors are heading into the final U.S. trading session of 2025 with fresh signals on interest rates and a short list of economic releases that can move bond yields and equity valuations. Wall Street ended slightly
31 December 2025
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Newmont stock today: NEM ends higher as gold rebounds after sharp year-end swings

Newmont stock today: NEM ends higher as gold rebounds after sharp year-end swings

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 20:23 ET — Market closed. Newmont Corp (NEM) shares closed up about 2% on Tuesday at $101.86, even as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended modestly lower in holiday-thin trade. Reuters The move matters heading into the final session of 2025 because Newmont’s stock remains tightly tethered to bullion, and gold has been whipping around on year-end position changes. That volatility has forced fast shifts in risk appetite across the mining sector, with miners often moving more than the metal itself as investors reset exposure. Spot gold rose 0.8% to $4,364.70 an ounce by mid-afternoon
31 December 2025
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Verizon stock edges higher in thin year-end trade as investors line up for Jan. 30 earnings

Verizon stock edges higher in thin year-end trade as investors line up for Jan. 30 earnings

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 20:15 ET — Market closed Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ) shares rose 0.54% to $40.70 at the close on Tuesday, after trading between $40.42 and $40.77. The stock was down 0.12% in late after-hours trading. StockAnalysis The move matters because Verizon is a widely held, cash-generative telecom name that investors often use for defensive exposure when trading turns choppy. With volumes thin into year-end, even small shifts in positioning can show up in steady, high-liquidity stocks such as Verizon. Communication services shares were among the biggest gainers on the S&P 500 even as the index
31 December 2025
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PayPal stock slips after Fed minutes in thin year-end trade — what investors watch next

PayPal stock slips after Fed minutes in thin year-end trade — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 19:56 ET — After-hours PayPal Holdings, Inc. shares dipped about 0.7% to $59.10 in after-hours trading on Tuesday, the session after the 4 p.m. close, after a quiet day for markets. The move matters because PayPal is a rate-sensitive consumer payments name, and investors are re-pricing what “higher for longer” means heading into 2026. It also comes in holiday-thin trading, when relatively small flows can push stocks around more than usual, especially in big, widely held fintech names. U.S. stocks ended slightly lower as gains in communication services were offset by declines in tech and
31 December 2025
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Merck (MRK) stock slips at the close, then steadies after hours as year-end trading thins

Merck (MRK) stock slips at the close, then steadies after hours as year-end trading thins

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 19:42 ET — After-hours Merck & Company, Inc. (MRK) shares fell 0.53% to $106.06 at the close on Tuesday and were up about 0.1% in after-hours trading at $106.17. The stock has traded between $73.31 and $107.59 over the past 52 weeks. Investing.com The muted move matters now because liquidity typically thins into year-end, which can exaggerate small price swings even in defensive healthcare names. Merck has scheduled its fourth-quarter earnings call for Feb. 3, putting its 2026 outlook in focus as investors reset positions for the new year. Merck.com Wall Street’s main indexes closed
31 December 2025
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Booking Holdings (BKNG) stock slips after Fed minutes; traders eye what’s next

Booking Holdings (BKNG) stock slips after Fed minutes; traders eye what’s next

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 19:36 ET — After-hours Booking Holdings shares ended Tuesday down 0.26% at $5,427.15 and eased 0.16% to $5,418.57 by 7:18 p.m. ET in after-hours trading, the session after the New York close. Trading in the stock itself was muted, with about 135,000 shares changing hands, roughly half its 65-day average volume. That kind of light tape can make small shifts in risk appetite show up faster in high-priced consumer names. The timing matters because investors are heading into the final U.S. trading session of the year with interest rates back in focus. Booking is often
31 December 2025
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Rivian stock drops 5% after CEO share-sale filing as year-end trading thins

Rivian stock drops 5% after CEO share-sale filing as year-end trading thins

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 19:28 ET — After-hours Rivian Automotive, Inc. shares fell on Tuesday after a regulatory filing disclosed Chief Executive R.J. Scaringe sold stock under a pre-arranged trading plan. The shares closed down about 5.2% at $19.60 and were little changed in after-hours trading. StockAnalysis The timing matters. With U.S. markets in holiday-thin mode and just one session left in 2025, modest headlines can move high-beta stocks more sharply than usual. Reuters Rivian also traded against a macro backdrop that has kept pressure on rate-sensitive growth names. Federal Reserve minutes released Tuesday underscored divisions around the December
31 December 2025
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Adobe stock slips after hours as year-end tech rotation caps trading — what to watch next

Adobe stock slips after hours as year-end tech rotation caps trading — what to watch next

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 7:22 PM ET — After-hours Adobe Inc. shares dipped in after-hours trading on Tuesday, down 0.2% at $352.51, after moving between $350.10 and $355.24 during the session. The move matters now because U.S. trading is entering the final, thinly traded stretch of the year, when small shifts in positioning can push single stocks around more than usual. It also comes as investors have been rotating within megacap and software names after a strong run into year-end, with some money shifting away from crowded technology trades. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished slightly
31 December 2025
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Chevron stock price today: CVX edges up after hours as oil steadies and Tengiz export risks linger

Chevron stock price today: CVX edges up after hours as oil steadies and Tengiz export risks linger

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 19:05 ET — After-hours Chevron Corporation (CVX) shares were up 0.9% at $152.31 in after-hours trading on Tuesday. Exxon Mobil (XOM) gained 0.4%. The move matters heading into the final trading day of the year, when liquidity can thin out and commodity-linked stocks can react sharply to swings in crude. For Chevron, oil prices set the tone for near-term cash flow and shareholder returns. Chevron is an integrated oil major, meaning it produces crude and also refines it into fuels. That mix makes results sensitive not just to oil prices, but also to refining margins
31 December 2025
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P&G stock dips after Fed minutes as year-end trading thins — what investors watch next

P&G stock dips after Fed minutes as year-end trading thins — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 18:30 ET — After-hours Procter & Gamble shares were last down about 0.3% at $144.05 in after-hours trading on Tuesday, after trading in a narrow $143.58-$144.60 range during the session. The move came as Wall Street drifted lower in light year-end volumes after the Federal Reserve released minutes from its December policy meeting. The Dow fell 0.2%, the S&P 500 slipped 0.14% and the Nasdaq lost 0.23%, Reuters reported. Reuters Why it matters now: late-December trading can exaggerate sector rotations because big investors often step back and liquidity thins. The Fed minutes underscored a live
31 December 2025
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AI stocks today: Meta rises on Manus buy as Nvidia slips and Fed minutes keep rates in focus

AI stocks today: Meta rises on Manus buy as Nvidia slips and Fed minutes keep rates in focus

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:48 ET — After-hours Meta Platforms rose on Tuesday after the Facebook owner said it would acquire Chinese-founded artificial intelligence startup Manus, keeping the spotlight on “agent” software that can act on a user’s behalf. The move matters now because Big Tech’s AI spending cycle is shifting beyond chatbots toward tools designed to do work, not just answer questions. Deals and funding rounds are one way companies try to buy speed in a crowded market. It also lands into year-end positioning, when light volumes can exaggerate moves and investors rebalance away from crowded winners. Rate
31 December 2025
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Cisco stock slips in year-end trade as Fed minutes keep CSCO investors cautious

Cisco stock slips in year-end trade as Fed minutes keep CSCO investors cautious

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:34 ET — After-hours Cisco Systems’ shares closed down 0.49% on Tuesday and edged up slightly in after-hours trading, tracking a muted late-December tape for U.S. technology stocks. The timing matters. With only a handful of sessions left in 2025, thin liquidity can amplify moves in large-cap names, and investors are rebalancing portfolios ahead of early-January data and policy events. Cisco sits near the center of that recalibration because investors treat it as a read-through on enterprise IT budgets and the networking buildout tied to artificial intelligence workloads. Cisco closed at $77.41 and traded as
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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.
Amazon stock slides as $200B AI spending plan meets cautious profit outlook

Amazon stock slides as $200B AI spending plan meets cautious profit outlook

7 February 2026
Amazon shares fell 9% Friday after the company announced plans for $200 billion in 2026 capital spending, mainly for AWS and AI, and issued a first-quarter profit outlook below estimates. The stock drop could erase $200 billion in market value. Fourth-quarter net sales rose 14% to $213.4 billion, while free cash flow declined due to higher spending on AI infrastructure.
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