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NASDAQ:GOOG News 27 December 2025 - 2 January 2026

Wall Street starts 2026 higher as Nasdaq leads, Tesla deliveries drop and jobs data looms

Wall Street starts 2026 higher as Nasdaq leads, Tesla deliveries drop and jobs data looms

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 10:29 ET Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday, the first trading day of 2026, led by gains in the Nasdaq. Reuters Stock futures rose heading into the opening bell after a late-December pullback that left the S&P 500 and Nasdaq under pressure into year-end, according to Investors.com. Investors Attention is shifting quickly to the January data slate, with the monthly U.S. jobs report due on Jan. 9 and the consumer price index on Jan. 13, alongside the ramp-up to fourth-quarter earnings season, Reuters reported. “The market is looking for direction,” said Matthew Maley,
2 January 2026
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Alphabet stock forecast for 2026: Wall Street lifts targets to $385 as AI search meets a spending test

Alphabet stock forecast for 2026: Wall Street lifts targets to $385 as AI search meets a spending test

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 16:51 ET Citizens Financial Group analyst Andrew Boone lifted his 12-month price target — an estimate of where a stock could trade — on Alphabet to $385, implying about 22% upside from Tuesday’s close. “We view AI search as a tailwind near term for query growth,” Boone wrote in a research note. TD Cowen’s John Blackledge and Evercore ISI’s Mark Mahaney also carry bullish ratings, with price targets of $350 and $325, respectively, Barron’s reported. Barron’s The new calls land as Alphabet heads into 2026 after a roughly 65% jump in 2025, a major driver
1 January 2026
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GOOG stock today: Analyst lifts Alphabet target to $385 as AI-search optimism kicks off 2026

GOOG stock today: Analyst lifts Alphabet target to $385 as AI-search optimism kicks off 2026

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 09:54 ET — Market closed Citizens Financial Group analyst Andrew Boone raised his price target on Google parent Alphabet to $385 from $340, citing AI Mode and AI Overviews in Search and the release of the Gemini 3 model, even as ChatGPT and Perplexity vie for users, Barron’s reported. “We view AI search as a tailwind near term for query growth,” Boone wrote, and the new target implies about 22% upside from Tuesday’s close, the report said. U.S. stock markets were closed on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. Barron’s+1 Alphabet’s non-voting Class C
1 January 2026
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Alphabet (GOOG) slips after hours even as Citizens lifts target to $385 — what’s next for Google stock

Alphabet (GOOG) slips after hours even as Citizens lifts target to $385 — what’s next for Google stock

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 16:36 ET — After-hours Alphabet’s Class C shares (GOOG) edged down 0.2% in after-hours trading on Wednesday to $313.80, after a muted year-end session that left the stock inside a $312.34 to $315.37 range. Investing.com South Africa The late-day drift came as investors digested a fresh Wall Street target hike and looked past it toward a bigger near-term question: whether Google’s AI-infused search experience can translate into faster query growth and steady advertising demand in 2026. That matters because Alphabet’s 2025 rally has made the stock a bellwether for the “AI trade” in mega-cap tech,
31 December 2025
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GOOG stock edges lower after Alphabet insider sale filing, with year-end tech drag in focus

GOOG stock edges lower after Alphabet insider sale filing, with year-end tech drag in focus

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 12:13 ET — Regular session Alphabet’s Class C shares (GOOG) edged down 0.04% to $314.43 in midday trading on Wednesday, after an insider-trading filing showed the company’s chief legal officer sold shares. The stock has traded between $312.34 and $315.37 so far in the session. The move comes in thin year-end trading, when lower volumes can exaggerate short-term swings. Alphabet’s stock has been a heavyweight driver of U.S. equity gains in 2025, leaving investors alert to any sign of profit-taking as the calendar turns. Wall Street’s major indexes were slightly lower on the final trading
31 December 2025
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GOOG stock steady after hours: Google’s Gemini 3 Flash push and what traders watch next

GOOG stock steady after hours: Google’s Gemini 3 Flash push and what traders watch next

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 16:33 ET — After-hours Alphabet Inc’s Class C shares (GOOG), which carry no voting rights, were up 0.1% at $314.55 in after-hours trading on Tuesday, after the regular U.S. session ended at 4 p.m. ET. The stock’s muted move comes as investors parse how quickly Google can translate fresh AI product rollouts into revenue growth, without letting data-center costs run away. Google laid out a late-December roundup of those AI updates on its company blog, and its Search team said a broad ranking change has finished rolling out. blog.google+1 Year-end positioning has also kept trading
30 December 2025
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Google stock today: Alphabet (GOOG) ticks higher as Fed minutes loom and new Gemini AI tools roll out

Google stock today: Alphabet (GOOG) ticks higher as Fed minutes loom and new Gemini AI tools roll out

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:18 ET — Regular session Alphabet’s Class C shares (GOOG) rose 0.3% to $315.41 in morning trading on Tuesday, after touching $317.53 earlier in the session. The stock, which carries no voting rights, was last valued at about $2.94 trillion and traded at about 24 times trailing earnings. The move mattered because investors were positioning ahead of the Federal Reserve’s December meeting minutes, due at 2 p.m. ET. Minutes are the detailed record of a policy meeting and can shift expectations for where interest rates are headed — a key input for valuing growth stocks
30 December 2025
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GOOG stock ends lower as year-end tech trade cools — what Alphabet investors watch next

GOOG stock ends lower as year-end tech trade cools — what Alphabet investors watch next

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 16:41 ET — After-hours Alphabet Inc’s Class C (non-voting) shares (GOOG.O) ended the regular session down 0.4% on Monday and were little changed after the bell as heavyweight technology stocks pulled back in thin year-end trading. In after-hours trading — electronic trading after the 4 p.m. close — GOOG traded around $314.4. Yahoo Finance The drift lower matters now because Alphabet has been a key beneficiary of the 2025 run in large-cap technology, leaving investors sensitive to any pause in the sector as December liquidity thins. Alphabet is up roughly two-thirds in 2025, according to
29 December 2025
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Alphabet stock drifts lower into year-end as traders eye Fed minutes and key levels

Alphabet stock drifts lower into year-end as traders eye Fed minutes and key levels

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 18:50 ET — Market closed Alphabet’s Class C shares (GOOG) edged down 0.2% to $314.96 on Friday, drifting with a muted pullback in U.S. stocks after the Christmas holiday. Yahoo Finance The move matters because the market is entering its final trading days of the year with indexes near record highs and liquidity still thin. Strategists have warned that year-end portfolio adjustments can exaggerate price swings, especially in megacaps. Reuters Investors are also looking to this week’s U.S. data and Federal Reserve communication for direction, with rate expectations shaping valuations for large technology stocks. Reuters+1
29 December 2025
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Alphabet (GOOG) Class C Stock: Weekend Market Snapshot, Latest Waymo Headlines, AI Power Deal Fallout, and Wall Street Forecasts for 2026

Alphabet (GOOG) Class C Stock: Weekend Market Snapshot, Latest Waymo Headlines, AI Power Deal Fallout, and Wall Street Forecasts for 2026

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 9:55 a.m. ET — U.S. stock market closed (weekend) Alphabet Inc.’s Class C shares (NASDAQ: GOOG) head into the final trading days of 2025 with investors balancing two forces that have defined the year for Big Tech: powerful AI-driven momentum, and rising scrutiny over the cost and complexity of scaling the infrastructure to support it. With U.S. markets closed Sunday, attention shifts to what matters when trading resumes: year-end positioning, the Federal Reserve’s next signals, and a weekend news cycle that again puts Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo under a spotlight—alongside ongoing debate over Alphabet’s bold
28 December 2025
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Alphabet (GOOG) Stock Update: Google Class C Shares Hold Near $315 as New York Warning-Label Law and Waymo Scrutiny Shape the Next Market Session

Alphabet (GOOG) Stock Update: Google Class C Shares Hold Near $315 as New York Warning-Label Law and Waymo Scrutiny Shape the Next Market Session

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 9:51 a.m. ET — Market closed Alphabet Inc.’s Class C shares (NASDAQ: GOOG) are heading into the final full trading week of 2025 with investors balancing two familiar forces: a year-end equity rally that has pushed major indexes to record territory, and a steady drumbeat of regulatory and safety headlines that can quickly reshape sentiment around Big Tech. With U.S. markets closed for the weekend, GOOG last settled at $314.96 after Friday’s session and showed a modest after-hours move to $314.68. The stock’s day range was $313.72 to $316.56, and its 52-week range stood at
27 December 2025
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GOOG Stock Update: Alphabet Class C Shares in Focus After the $4.75B Intersect Deal, AI Spending Surge, and Antitrust Headlines

GOOG Stock Update: Alphabet Class C Shares in Focus After the $4.75B Intersect Deal, AI Spending Surge, and Antitrust Headlines

As of 7:39 p.m. ET in New York on Friday, December 26, 2025, Alphabet Inc.’s Class C shares (NASDAQ: GOOG) were trading around $314.96, little changed from the prior close after a quiet, post-Christmas session on Wall Street. That timing matters: the regular U.S. cash session is over, and trading conditions into year-end can be unusually thin—an environment where headline risk (and even small orders) can move mega-cap stocks more than investors expect. Below is what’s driving the Google stock narrative right now, what analysts are watching next, and what investors may want to keep on their radar before the
27 December 2025
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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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