GOOG Stock Update: Alphabet Class C Shares in Focus After the $4.75B Intersect Deal, AI Spending Surge, and Antitrust Headlines
As of 7:39 p.m. ET in New York on Friday, December 26, 2025, Alphabet Inc.’s Class C shares (NASDAQ: GOOG) were trading around $314.96, little changed from the prior close after a quiet, post-Christmas session on Wall Street. That timing matters: the regular U.S. cash session is over, and trading conditions into year-end can be unusually thin—an environment where headline risk (and even small orders) can move mega-cap stocks more than investors expect. Below is what’s driving the Google stock narrative right now, what analysts are watching next, and what investors may want to keep on their radar before the