Russell 2000 Today After the Bell: Small Caps Slip as Delayed Jobs Data Reshapes Rate-Cut Bets (Dec. 16, 2025)
As U.S. markets trade through Tuesday’s session, the Russell 2000—Wall Street’s most-watched small-cap index—is navigating a familiar late-year tug-of-war: optimism about easier money versus anxiety about what the economy is really doing beneath the surface. By late morning (around 11:30 a.m. ET)