Stock Market Today, December 8, 2025: Wall Street Edges Higher as Fed Rate Cut Looms and Broadcom, Confluent, Carvana Lead Premarket Moves
U.S. markets are kicking off a pivotal week with a cautious tilt higher on Monday, December 8, 2025, as investors brace for what is widely expected to be the Federal Reserve’s third straight interest rate cut — and one of its most divided meetings in decades. Stock index futures are slightly in the green, while a cluster of high‑profile names including Broadcom, Confluent and Carvana are making outsized moves in premarket trading.Reuters+2BizzBuzz+2 At the same time, political risk is creeping into the market narrative. President Donald Trump’s public warning over Netflix’s proposed $72 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery is raising new doubts about the deal and feeding broader unease about regulation and antitrust in an already frothy tech and media landscape.Reuters