Top Stocks to Buy Today (Dec. 24, 2025): Nvidia, Amazon, Meta, Reddit, Rocket Lab and More as the S&P 500 Nears 7,000
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are heading into Christmas Eve trading with a familiar tailwind: big-tech strength, a fresh record close for the S&P 500, and renewed talk of a “Santa Claus rally” as markets head into the final stretch of 2025. The setup comes with one important wrinkle for investors: today is a shortened session, with the NYSE and Nasdaq closing at 1:00 p.m. ET. New York Stock Exchange+2NASDAQ Trader+2 That early close matters because holiday trading tends to amplify two things at once: price sensitivity (moves can look bigger in thin liquidity) and headline-driven volatility (single notes or