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Stock Market News 21 December 2025

CRH PLC Stock Week Ahead: S&P 500 Inclusion, New Acquisition, Buyback Signals and Analyst Targets for Dec. 22–26, 2025

CRH PLC Stock Week Ahead: S&P 500 Inclusion, New Acquisition, Buyback Signals and Analyst Targets for Dec. 22–26, 2025

Date: Sunday, December 21, 2025 CRH plc (NYSE: CRH) heads into a holiday-shortened week with a rare combination of near-term “mechanical” demand catalysts and fundamental headlines: its long-telegraphed move into the S&P 500 becomes official Monday, the company has just announced another U.S. aggregates acquisition, and analysts are actively debating how much of the recent rally is “index effect” versus durable earnings power. CRH+2The Irish Times+2 For investors planning the week ahead, the setup matters because liquidity will be thinner than usual—yet CRH could still see elevated volumes tied to index-tracking activity and year-end positioning. The quick take for CRH
21 December 2025
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Amazon Stock AMZN Week Ahead Outlook for Dec 22–26 2025: OpenAI Talks, AWS AI Chip Momentum, and a Holiday-Shortened Market

Amazon Stock AMZN Week Ahead Outlook for Dec 22–26 2025: OpenAI Talks, AWS AI Chip Momentum, and a Holiday-Shortened Market

Amazon.com Inc. enters the week of December 22–26, 2025 with investors balancing two forces that often collide at year-end: a thinly traded holiday market and an unusually dense stream of AI-driven headlines that keep Amazon stock (NASDAQ: AMZN) in focus. Shares last traded around the $227 area heading into Sunday, after finishing Friday, December 19 at $227.35. StockAnalysis That puts AMZN in a familiar late-2025 range—close enough to recent highs to keep bulls engaged, but still far enough from the year’s peak to leave room for “catch-up” narratives into 2026. This week-ahead report (dated 21.12.2025) breaks down what matters most
21 December 2025
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Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Week Ahead: Holiday Liquidity, GDP Data, and AI Headlines in Focus (Dec. 22–26, 2025)

Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Week Ahead: Holiday Liquidity, GDP Data, and AI Headlines in Focus (Dec. 22–26, 2025)

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) heads into the final full week before year-end with a familiar tug-of-war shaping the stock: investors are weighing powerful AI-driven growth in Azure and the broader Microsoft Cloud against the cost, complexity, and scrutiny that come with building “planet-scale” AI infrastructure. MSFT ended the last full trading week on Friday, December 19, 2025, at $485.92, leaving the stock about 12.5% below its 52-week high and roughly 41% above its 52-week low. Finance Charts The week ahead is also structurally unusual: U.S. markets are open Monday and Tuesday, close early Wednesday (Christmas Eve), shut Thursday (Christmas Day),
21 December 2025
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Apple Stock (AAPL) Week Ahead: Key News, Analyst Targets, and Catalysts for Dec. 22–26, 2025

Apple Stock (AAPL) Week Ahead: Key News, Analyst Targets, and Catalysts for Dec. 22–26, 2025

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) heads into the Christmas holiday trading week with shares ending Friday, Dec. 19, 2025 at $273.67 and a market capitalization of about $4.04 trillion, keeping the iPhone maker firmly in mega-cap territory and among the market’s most influential stocks. StockAnalysis+1 But the next five sessions won’t look like a typical week on Wall Street. Trading is holiday-shortened—U.S. stock markets are scheduled to close early on Wednesday, Dec. 24 (1:00 p.m. ET) and remain closed Thursday, Dec. 25—which can compress liquidity, amplify headline-driven moves, and turn seemingly minor catalysts into outsized price swings for AAPL and the
21 December 2025
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Tesla Stock Week Ahead (Dec 22–26, 2025): TSLA Faces California Scrutiny as Robotaxi Push and Musk Pay Ruling Drive the Narrative

Tesla Stock Week Ahead (Dec 22–26, 2025): TSLA Faces California Scrutiny as Robotaxi Push and Musk Pay Ruling Drive the Narrative

Updated: Sunday, December 21, 2025 Tesla, Inc. stock (NASDAQ: TSLA) heads into a holiday-shortened trading week with an unusual mix of catalysts: fresh regulatory pressure in California tied to the company’s “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” branding, accelerating headlines around Tesla’s ride-hailing/“Robotaxi” expansion, and a major Delaware court decision that reinstated Elon Musk’s 2018 compensation package—an event that has re-centered investor attention on governance, dilution, and control of the company. AP News+2The Verge+2 Below is a week-ahead report for the coming week (Dec 22–26, 2025), based on the most current reporting and analyst commentary available as of 21.12.2025. Tesla stock today:
21 December 2025
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Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) Today: TASI Rises to 10,485 as Oil Gains and 2026 Rate-Cut Bets Lift Riyadh Market (Dec. 21, 2025)

Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) Today: TASI Rises to 10,485 as Oil Gains and 2026 Rate-Cut Bets Lift Riyadh Market (Dec. 21, 2025)

RIYADH (Dec. 21, 2025) — Saudi equities opened the week on a cautiously positive note, with the Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) closing up 0.33% at 10,484.59 as investors balanced an uptick in oil prices against shifting expectations for U.S. monetary policy in 2026. Arab News+1 The session’s headline move was modest, but the underlying tape was busy: turnover hit about SAR 2.6 billion, while market leadership rotated toward selected gainers in materials, education, and specialty names. In parallel, the Nomu market rose, even as pockets of the smaller-cap universe flashed fresh stress signals. Arab News+2Argaam+2 TASI snapshot: the key
21 December 2025
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Broadcom (AVGO) Stock Week Ahead Outlook: AI Backlog, Dividend Record Date, and What Could Move Shares (Dec. 22–26, 2025)

Broadcom (AVGO) Stock Week Ahead Outlook: AI Backlog, Dividend Record Date, and What Could Move Shares (Dec. 22–26, 2025)

Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) heads into the holiday-shortened week with investors weighing two competing narratives: blockbuster AI demand and a swelling backlog on one hand, and margin anxiety plus broader “AI infrastructure” funding fears on the other. As of the last U.S. close (Friday, Dec. 19), Broadcom stock finished at $340.36. That price comes after a sharp, high-volume pullback in mid-December that has turned AVGO into one of the most closely watched “AI bellwether” names going into year-end. Reuters+1 Below is a detailed, week-ahead report (published Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025) covering the latest news, forecasts, and analyst takes shaping Broadcom
21 December 2025
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NVIDIA Stock (NVDA) Week Ahead: China H200 Export Review, Intel Investment Clearance, and Blackwell Demand in Focus (Dec. 22–26, 2025)

NVIDIA Stock (NVDA) Week Ahead: China H200 Export Review, Intel Investment Clearance, and Blackwell Demand in Focus (Dec. 22–26, 2025)

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) heads into the Christmas-shortened trading week with a rare mix of policy-driven upside and policy-driven risk. By Sunday, 21.12.2025, the stock’s near-term narrative has become less about “AI demand” in the abstract—and more about who can legally buy which NVIDIA chips, where they can be used, and what Washington might do next. The latest official quote shows NVDA at $180.99, up $6.71 (+3.85%) versus the prior close, with a recent session range of $175.57–$181.37 and volume around 325 million shares. Below is the week-ahead briefing: the most relevant current news, the freshest market-wide catalysts, and the
21 December 2025
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Mexico Stock Exchange Update (Dec. 21, 2025): IPC Near Record High After Banxico Rate Cut, Volaris Rally, and 2026 Targets of 69,200–71,000

Mexico Stock Exchange Update (Dec. 21, 2025): IPC Near Record High After Banxico Rate Cut, Volaris Rally, and 2026 Targets of 69,200–71,000

MEXICO CITY (Dec. 21, 2025) — The Mexico Stock Exchange is heading into the final full week of the year with a simple, slightly surreal message for investors: the rally is still alive, but it’s no longer effortless. Mexico’s benchmark S&P/BMV IPC index ended the last session before the weekend at 63,966.98 points, a hair below this month’s all-time highs. The finish capped a strong 2025 performance, even as the market posted a weekly pullback and traders recalibrated around three big drivers now shaping the near-term narrative: easier monetary policy from Banxico, an eye-catching airline mega-merger, and a growing debate
21 December 2025
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Johannesburg Stock Exchange News & Forecasts (21 December 2025): JSE All Share Near Record Highs as Rate-Cut Bets Build for 2026

Johannesburg Stock Exchange News & Forecasts (21 December 2025): JSE All Share Near Record Highs as Rate-Cut Bets Build for 2026

Johannesburg — Sunday, 21 December 2025. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is closing out 2025 with a familiar year-end mix of momentum, macro optimism, and holiday-thinned liquidity — a cocktail that can produce either a smooth “Santa rally” or sudden, exaggerated swings. On the numbers, South African equities have been remarkably resilient, with the flagship indices sitting just shy of fresh highs, helped by a stronger rand, cooling inflation, and rising expectations that the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has room to keep easing policy into 2026. IOL+3Financial Times Markets+3Financial Times Markets+3 What follows is a comprehensive roundup of the
21 December 2025
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São Paulo Stock Exchange (B3) Update on Dec. 21, 2025: Ibovespa Ends Week at 158,473 as 2026 Forecasts Reach 250,000

São Paulo Stock Exchange (B3) Update on Dec. 21, 2025: Ibovespa Ends Week at 158,473 as 2026 Forecasts Reach 250,000

São Paulo — Dec. 21, 2025. The São Paulo Stock Exchange—officially B3 (Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão)—heads into a holiday-shortened stretch with a familiar mix of late-year ingredients: thinner liquidity, louder politics, and analysts turning the dial from “what just happened?” to “what could 2026 look like?” The headline number: the Ibovespa finished the week at 158,473.02 points, down 1.43% from the prior week’s 160,766.37, according to a weekly wrap from Estadão’s E-Investidor. Estadão E-Investidor But the more interesting story on Dec. 21 isn’t the last tick—it’s the range of expectations being published for 2026: big banks and brokerages are floating targets
21 December 2025
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Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in Focus: ASIC’s $150m Capital Charge, CHESS Replacement Milestones, and the ASX 200 Outlook Into 2026

Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in Focus: ASIC’s $150m Capital Charge, CHESS Replacement Milestones, and the ASX 200 Outlook Into 2026

SYDNEY — 21 December 2025 — Australia’s financial markets are heading into the final trading stretch of the year with the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under unusually bright floodlights: regulators have imposed a significant additional capital requirement on the ASX operator, demanded sharper governance and accountability across clearing and settlement, and effectively tied future “business as usual” to demonstrable technology resilience. ASIC+2Reuters+2 At the same time, the broader sharemarket — often casually called “the ASX” by investors — is trying to navigate a familiar end‑of‑year cocktail: thinner liquidity, “Santa rally” speculation, global tech volatility, commodity cross‑currents, and an interest‑rate debate
21 December 2025
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Verizon stock price snaps 7-day run as consumer chief exit sharpens focus on turnaround

Verizon stock price snaps 7-day run as consumer chief exit sharpens focus on turnaround

7 February 2026
Verizon shares fell 1.7% to $46.31 Friday, ending a seven-session rally and closing about 2.7% below Thursday’s one-year high. The dip follows news that consumer chief Sowmyanarayan Sampath will step down, with Alfonso Villanueva named interim head. Verizon has climbed 16% since January 29 amid strong subscriber growth and a $25 billion buyback plan.
Cisco stock jumps 3% near $85 as UBS sticks with Buy ahead of Feb. 11 earnings

Cisco stock jumps 3% near $85 as UBS sticks with Buy ahead of Feb. 11 earnings

7 February 2026
Cisco shares rose 3% to $84.82 Friday, nearing $85 ahead of fiscal Q2 results due Feb. 11. UBS maintained a Buy rating and $90 target, citing strong product order growth and data-center demand. Investors are watching AI-related spending and U.S. economic data that could affect rates. Peers Fortinet, CrowdStrike, and Palo Alto Networks also gained.
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