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Utilities Stocks in Focus: Fed Minutes, Treasury Yields, Winter Storm Risk—and the AI Power Boom Ahead of Monday’s Open

Utilities Stocks in Focus: Fed Minutes, Treasury Yields, Winter Storm Risk—and the AI Power Boom Ahead of Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 1:34 p.m. ET — Market closed Utilities stocks are heading into the final full trading week of 2025 with two narratives pulling the sector in different directions: the traditional “bond proxy” role that can rise or fall with interest-rate expectations, and a fast-evolving growth story tied to electrification and surging power demand from AI-driven data centers.
28 December 2025
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  • Nike Slides on China Sales Miss; ServiceNow, Salesforce Rally on AI Hopes
    July 1, 2026, 8:15 AM EDT. Nike fell more than 3% premarket as a 12% sales drop in Greater China offset better than expected earnings and revenue. Constellation Brands added 1.5% after beating Q1 EPS forecasts at $3.43 a share, up from the $3.20 consensus. Shutterstock tumbled over 30% and Getty Images dropped 4% after Getty scrapped its merger plan under U.K. regulatory pressure. Alcoa lost 4% after it agreed to buy South32's aluminum assets for $4.1 billion. ServiceNow rose 5% and Salesforce nearly 4% after both were upgraded on AI optimism. Bloom Energy popped 7.5% on new AI project financing with Brookfield. Kroger shares slipped 2% after it said it would buy Giant Eagle for $1.65 billion. Sandisk and Micron traded lower after sharp gains last quarter.
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