NASDAQ:GOOG 27 December 2025 - 7 January 2026

Alphabet Inc’s Class C shares rose 0.5% on Friday to $315.32, finishing the week higher as U.S. markets opened 2026 with choppy trading.

Alphabet Inc’s Class C shares were up 0.5% at $315.32 in after-hours trading on Friday, as investors weighed new bullish calls tied to Google’s AI-powered search push. The stock ranged from $310.71 to $322.86 in the session, with about 22 million shares traded.

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 Class C shares 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

Alphabet Inc’s Class C shares 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

Alphabet Inc.’s Class C shares 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.

Alphabet Inc.’s Class C shares 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.