Microsoft Stock News Today (Dec. 23, 2025): MSFT Holds Near $485 as Wall Street Targets $625+ on Azure and Copilot
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock is trading around the mid-$480s on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, as investors weigh a familiar late-year tug-of-war: the long-term upside from AI-led cloud demand versus near-term pressure from elevated data-center spending and the market’s heightened sensitivity to “AI ROI” headlines. Yahoo Finance+1 With the holiday-shortened week keeping volumes lighter and macro data back in focus, Microsoft shares are acting like a “quality megacap barometer”—less about day-to-day product news, and more about how investors price large-scale AI infrastructure, margins, and durable growth going into 2026. Reuters+1 Microsoft stock price today: where MSFT stands on Dec. 23,