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Stock Market News 27 December 2025

IonQ Stock (IONQ) Slides Into Year-End: Latest News, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Watch When Markets Reopen

IonQ Stock (IONQ) Slides Into Year-End: Latest News, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Watch When Markets Reopen

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 10:49 a.m. ET — Market closed IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ) stock is heading into the final trading days of 2025 with momentum still split between two powerful narratives: growing commercial traction for quantum hardware and networking, and persistent concerns that the share price has been discounting a best-case future far ahead of today’s fundamentals. With U.S. markets closed for the weekend, investors are left to assess Friday’s sharp move and the latest wave of sell-side commentary before the next regular session begins Monday. IonQ stock price: What happened in the last session IonQ shares finished
27 December 2025
Walmart Stock (WMT) Weekend Update: Market Closed as New Analyst Coverage, Holiday Data, and NYC E-Commerce Momentum Shape the Next Trade

Walmart Stock (WMT) Weekend Update: Market Closed as New Analyst Coverage, Holiday Data, and NYC E-Commerce Momentum Shape the Next Trade

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 10:37 a.m. ET — Market closed. Walmart Inc. (Nasdaq: WMT) heads into the weekend with U.S. equities shut for Saturday trading, leaving investors to digest a thin, post-holiday tape, fresh analyst commentary, and new read-throughs on how value-driven consumer behavior may carry into early 2026. Shares last finished the most recent regular session at $111.74, after trading between $111.36 and $111.97 on the day. MarketBeat Walmart stock price action: where WMT left off before the weekend Friday’s market tone was quiet and volume across Wall Street was light as many institutions wrapped up year-end positioning.
27 December 2025
Intel Stock (NASDAQ: INTC) Today: Shares Hold Near $36 as Investors Weigh Intel Foundry Signals, Analyst Targets and the Next Earnings Catalyst

Intel Stock (NASDAQ: INTC) Today: Shares Hold Near $36 as Investors Weigh Intel Foundry Signals, Analyst Targets and the Next Earnings Catalyst

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 10:37 a.m. ET — Market closed Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) heads into the final trading days of 2025 with U.S. markets shut for the weekend and investors parsing a mix of year-end positioning, fresh semiconductor headlines, and a still-divided Wall Street outlook on the chipmaker’s turnaround. Intel stock finished Friday’s regular session at $36.20, up 0.11%, on volume of about 28.8 million shares. In after-hours trading at 7:59 p.m. ET, the stock ticked down to about $36.07 (down roughly 0.36%), signaling a relatively quiet end to a holiday-thinned session. Wall Street Journal+1 Market backdrop: thin
Lam Research Stock (LRCX) Climbs to Record Close as AI-Driven Chip Equipment Cycle Stays in Focus—What Investors Should Watch Before Monday

Lam Research Stock (LRCX) Climbs to Record Close as AI-Driven Chip Equipment Cycle Stays in Focus—What Investors Should Watch Before Monday

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 10:39 a.m. ET — Market closed Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ: LRCX) heads into the final full trading week of 2025 with momentum firmly on its side after finishing Friday’s quiet, post-Christmas session near record territory—at a time when the broader market is “catching its breath” but still hovering close to all-time highs. Reuters With U.S. exchanges closed for the weekend, the key question for investors is whether Lam’s surge—powered by the AI infrastructure buildout and a resurging memory cycle—has more fuel as the “Santa Claus rally” window continues into early January, or whether profit-taking and
27 December 2025
Target Stock (NYSE: TGT) Jumps on Activist Stake Report — What Investors Need to Know Before Monday’s Open

Target Stock (NYSE: TGT) Jumps on Activist Stake Report — What Investors Need to Know Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 10:37 a.m. ET — Market closed Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) heads into the weekend with fresh momentum after shares climbed roughly 3% in Friday’s thin, post-holiday session, sparked by reports that activist investor Toms Capital Investment Management (TCIM) has built an undisclosed stake in the retailer. The move puts Target’s long-running turnaround narrative back in focus at a pivotal moment: incoming CEO Michael Fiddelke is set to take over in February, and shareholder pressure is rising after a year of soft sales trends and underperformance versus key retail peers. Reuters+1 With U.S. markets closed for
27 December 2025
CoreWeave (CRWV) Stock Heads Into Weekend After Friday Slide as Lawsuit Headlines and 2026 Forecasts Keep Volatility in Focus

CoreWeave (CRWV) Stock Heads Into Weekend After Friday Slide as Lawsuit Headlines and 2026 Forecasts Keep Volatility in Focus

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 10:36 a.m. ET — Market closed CoreWeave, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRWV) stock is heading into the weekend with investors still debating the same high-stakes question that has defined the AI-infrastructure trade in late 2025: can CoreWeave’s demand and contract backlog outrun the company’s capital intensity, leverage, and execution risk—fast enough to justify the stock’s roller-coaster moves? When the market last traded during Friday’s regular session (Dec. 26), CoreWeave shares finished at $76.42, down about 3.1% on the day, after changing hands as low as $75.73 with roughly 13.9 million shares traded, according to MarketBeat’s recap. MarketBeat
27 December 2025
Eli Lilly Stock (LLY) Update: Latest Price, Fresh Headlines, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Watch Before Markets Reopen

Eli Lilly Stock (LLY) Update: Latest Price, Fresh Headlines, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Watch Before Markets Reopen

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 10:23 AM ET, Market closed — Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) is heading into the final trading days of the year with its stock hovering near record territory, as investors weigh two powerful—and sometimes conflicting—forces: booming long-term demand for obesity and diabetes therapies, and intensifying policy and competitive pressure on pricing and access. With U.S. exchanges closed for the weekend, Lilly shares are effectively “on pause” after Friday’s session. LLY last finished at $1,077.75, essentially flat on the day, after trading between $1,068.30 and $1,081.39 on volume of roughly 1.01 million shares. StockAnalysis That
27 December 2025
AppLovin Stock (NASDAQ: APP) Today: Holiday-Week Pullback, Options Buzz, Analyst Targets, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

AppLovin Stock (NASDAQ: APP) Today: Holiday-Week Pullback, Options Buzz, Analyst Targets, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 10:23 a.m. ET — Market closed (weekend). AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ: APP) stock heads into the weekend with investors debating a familiar question for high-momentum, high-valuation tech winners: is the latest dip simply post-holiday noise—or an early warning that expectations have run ahead of fundamentals? With U.S. markets closed today, the most actionable data point for APP stock is how it finished the last regular session (Friday, Dec. 26) and where it stabilized after-hours—especially as liquidity thins into year-end and headline-driven names can swing more than usual. APP stock price action: Where AppLovin closed, after-hours trade,
27 December 2025
Costco Stock (COST) News: Wells Fargo Trims Price Target to $900 as Markets Close for the Weekend

Costco Stock (COST) News: Wells Fargo Trims Price Target to $900 as Markets Close for the Weekend

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 10:25 a.m. ET — Market closed (U.S. exchanges closed for the weekend) Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) heads into the weekend with investors weighing fresh analyst commentary against a still-strong fundamental backdrop: solid comparable sales, accelerating digital demand, and the durability of a membership-driven model that has historically held up well in uneven consumer cycles. With U.S. stock markets closed today, attention shifts to what moved Costco shares in the most recent session—and what could matter when trading resumes on Monday, Dec. 29. Costco stock: where shares last traded Costco shares closed Friday at $873.35
27 December 2025
Citigroup Stock (NYSE: C) Weekend Update: Citi Shares Slip After Thin Post‑Holiday Trading, While Wall Street Watches Turnaround Momentum and January Earnings

Citigroup Stock (NYSE: C) Weekend Update: Citi Shares Slip After Thin Post‑Holiday Trading, While Wall Street Watches Turnaround Momentum and January Earnings

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 10:23 a.m. ET — Market closed Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) is heading into the final week of 2025 with investors balancing two competing forces: a powerful year-long rally in large U.S. banks and a late-December market tape defined by holiday-thin liquidity and quick sentiment shifts. Citi shares finished the most recent regular session on Friday, Dec. 26 at $120.42, down 0.94% on the day, after trading between $122.04 (high) and $119.67 (low) on volume of roughly 10.6 million shares, according to the company’s historical price data. Citi The broader market backdrop helps explain the choppy,
27 December 2025
JPMorgan Chase Stock (JPM) Holds Near 52-Week Highs as Markets Close for the Weekend — Latest Headlines, Analyst Targets, and What Investors Should Watch Monday

JPMorgan Chase Stock (JPM) Holds Near 52-Week Highs as Markets Close for the Weekend — Latest Headlines, Analyst Targets, and What Investors Should Watch Monday

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 10:22 a.m. ET — Market Closed JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) heads into the final trading week of 2025 with its stock hovering near fresh highs, even as U.S. equity markets are shut for the weekend. The biggest U.S. bank by assets finished Friday’s session at $327.91, down modestly on the day, after briefly trading above $330 — a level that has become a key psychological marker for investors watching the late-December rally. StockAnalysis With thin holiday liquidity and only a handful of sessions left on the calendar, JPM stock is now caught in
27 December 2025
Sandisk Corporation Stock (SNDK) Holds Near $250 as Markets Close for the Weekend — Latest News, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Watch Monday

Sandisk Corporation Stock (SNDK) Holds Near $250 as Markets Close for the Weekend — Latest News, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Watch Monday

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 10:22 a.m. ET — Market closed (Weekend) Sandisk Corporation (Nasdaq: SNDK) heads into the weekend with investors debating a familiar late-cycle question: is the AI-driven storage boom extending the memory upcycle—or is the stock already pricing in the best-case scenario? With U.S. exchanges closed until Monday, Sandisk’s most recent trade remains Friday’s regular-session close of $250.05, down a fraction on the day after a wide intraday swing that took shares as high as $261.50 and as low as $245.10. Volume came in at roughly 5.5 million shares. FinancialContent Even after Friday’s breather, the bigger narrative
27 December 2025

Stock Market Today

Apple stock price ends week higher as Dow hits 50,000; jobs and CPI loom next

Apple stock price ends week higher as Dow hits 50,000; jobs and CPI loom next

7 February 2026
New York, Feb 7, 2026, 08:51 EST — Market closed. Apple shares ended Friday higher, closing up 0.8% at $278.12. The stock eased 0.3% after hours to $277.25 ahead of Monday’s reopening. (Investing.com) The move capped a choppy week for megacap tech as traders tried to work out whether the latest bout of nerves over artificial intelligence spending is a speed bump or something stickier. That matters for Apple because it sits in both camps — a heavyweight in the Dow and a bellwether growth stock — just as the next set of U.S. data may reset bets on interest-rate
Broadcom Stock Gets a Google AI Spend Lift as Jefferies Sees 60% Upside

Broadcom Stock Gets a Google AI Spend Lift as Jefferies Sees 60% Upside

7 February 2026
Google raised its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to $175 billion–$185 billion, with most spending expected on data-center chips. Broadcom shares rose about 2% after the announcement, while Nvidia and AMD slipped. Jefferies reiterated a buy rating on Broadcom, maintaining a $500 price target, implying a 62% upside from Wednesday’s close.
No $2,000 IRS stimulus check is coming in February 2026 — but Trump’s tariff-check talk keeps the rumors alive

No $2,000 IRS stimulus check is coming in February 2026 — but Trump’s tariff-check talk keeps the rumors alive

7 February 2026
The IRS has not announced new federal stimulus payments for February 2026, and Congress has not approved fresh checks. Trump told NBC he is considering $2,000 tariff rebate checks but has not committed, saying any payout would likely come later in 2026. The IRS warns taxpayers to ignore texts and emails about “stimulus payments” and verify notices through official channels.
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