Microsoft Stock (MSFT) News Today: CEO Steps In on Copilot, AI Spending Scrutiny, and 2026 Analyst Forecasts in a Holiday-Thin Session
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is trading in a holiday-shortened U.S. session on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, a backdrop that typically brings thin liquidity and can exaggerate day-to-day moves in mega-cap tech. U.S. equities are scheduled to close early at 1:00 p.m. ET for Christmas Eve, with markets closed on Christmas Day. New York Stock Exchange+2Reuters+2 As of the latest available quote on Dec. 24, MSFT traded around $486.85, with a modest intraday range and very light volume early in the session—typical of the day’s “risk-off / low participation” tape. But today’s low-volume setup is not the real story. The bigger