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Stock Market News 30 December 2025

Lowe’s stock closes lower as Wall Street slips; housing data and Fed minutes in focus

Lowe’s stock closes lower as Wall Street slips; housing data and Fed minutes in focus

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 10:26 PM ET — Market closed. Lowe’s Companies Inc shares finished Monday down 0.14% at $243.48. The stock was last indicated at $243.83 in after-hours trading. Yahoo Finance The move kept Lowe’s near a level investors have treated as a referendum on the U.S. housing cycle and interest-rate direction. Home-improvement spending can firm when mortgage…
Boston Scientific (BSX) stock slips in year-end pullback; February earnings loom

Boston Scientific (BSX) stock slips in year-end pullback; February earnings loom

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 10:27 PM ET — Market closed Boston Scientific shares closed down 0.3% at $95.76 on Monday. The stock traded between $95.53 and $96.64, with about 5.4 million shares changing hands. StockAnalysis The modest move still matters now because thin year-end liquidity can magnify small shifts in positioning. For large-cap healthcare names like Boston Scientific, traders…
Danaher stock beats Wall Street dip as investors eye Fed minutes and Jan. 28 earnings

Danaher stock beats Wall Street dip as investors eye Fed minutes and Jan. 28 earnings

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 22:23 ET — Market closed Danaher Corp shares were last up about 0.1% at $230.63 on Monday, after trading between $229.26 and $231.77 during the session. The muted move still mattered for Danaher investors because the stock held up in a market that turned lower as the year winds down and liquidity thins, a setup…
Amgen stock slips to $330 as year-end pullback hits Wall Street; Fed minutes and MariTide updates in focus

Amgen stock slips to $330 as year-end pullback hits Wall Street; Fed minutes and MariTide updates in focus

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 22:14 ET — Market closed Amgen shares fell 1% on Monday, ending the session down $3.30 at $329.63. StockAnalysis The decline matters now because traders are heading into the final sessions of the year with U.S. indexes near record territory and liquidity thinner than usual. That backdrop can amplify moves in large-cap healthcare stocks even…
BlackRock stock today: BLK barely higher as Wall Street slips; Fed minutes and data loom

BlackRock stock today: BLK barely higher as Wall Street slips; Fed minutes and data loom

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 22:07 ET — Market closed BlackRock Inc shares edged up on Monday, ending nearly flat at $1,088.40 as Wall Street turned lower in holiday-thinned trading. Reuters For BlackRock, modest moves in markets matter because they feed directly into assets under management (AUM) — the pool of client money it charges fees on. The firm oversees…
Qualcomm stock slips as chip sector cools; QCOM investors eye Feb. 4 earnings

Qualcomm stock slips as chip sector cools; QCOM investors eye Feb. 4 earnings

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 22:10 ET — Market closed QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) shares fell 0.8% to close at $173.43 on Monday, after trading between $175.19 and $172.79. StockAnalysis The move matters because chip stocks often magnify shifts in risk appetite, and investors have been quick to adjust exposure into the final sessions of the year. Qualcomm is closely…
Amphenol stock slips in year-end tech pullback; Fed minutes and housing data loom

Amphenol stock slips in year-end tech pullback; Fed minutes and housing data loom

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 9:54 PM ET — Market closed Amphenol Corp shares fell 0.4% to end at $136.90 on Monday, as heavyweight technology names retreated and pulled the broader market lower in the final week of 2025. StockAnalysis The move matters now because Amphenol sits at the intersection of industrial and tech spending: it sells connectors, sensors and…
AMAT stock ends higher in thin year-end trade as tech slips — what investors are watching next

AMAT stock ends higher in thin year-end trade as tech slips — what investors are watching next

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 10:00 PM ET — Market closed Applied Materials shares ended Monday up 0.44% at $263.05, near the top of their 52-week range, after a session that saw the broader market retreat from recent highs. The stock traded between $260.00 and $264.65 on the day. Google The chip-equipment maker is closely watched because its orders tend…
S&P Global stock rises as tech drags Wall Street; SPGI traders eye Fed minutes, February outlook

S&P Global stock rises as tech drags Wall Street; SPGI traders eye Fed minutes, February outlook

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 21:52 ET — Market closed S&P Global Inc. shares ended slightly higher on Monday, closing up about 0.1% at $530.10. The stock traded between $528.99 and $532.42, with roughly 1.22 million shares changing hands. Yahoo Finance The financial-data and credit-ratings firm sits close to two pressure points investors are recalibrating into year-end: the path of…
McDonald’s stock slips into the close as year-end trading turns choppy — what investors watch next for MCD

McDonald’s stock slips into the close as year-end trading turns choppy — what investors watch next for MCD

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 21:56 ET — Market closed McDonald’s shares ended down 0.7% at $308.53 on Monday, extending a soft start to the final week of the year for the Dow component. The decline matters now because year-end positioning and thin liquidity can amplify routine moves in large, widely held names, even without fresh company-specific news. Reuters Markets…
Booking Holdings (BKNG) stock barely moves — ETF outflows and New Year’s catalysts in focus

Booking Holdings (BKNG) stock barely moves — ETF outflows and New Year’s catalysts in focus

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 21:49 ET — Market closed. Booking Holdings shares finished nearly flat on Monday, closing at $5,441.33 after trading in a roughly $58 range during the session. The muted close masked a familiar late-December dynamic: fund flows and thin liquidity can matter as much as company headlines, especially for high-priced, widely held stocks. That matters now…
Society Pass (SOPA) stock jumps 61% after TikTok Shop live-commerce launch in Thailand

Society Pass (SOPA) stock jumps 61% after TikTok Shop live-commerce launch in Thailand

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 21:44 ET — Market closed. Society Pass Incorporated shares jumped 60.99% on Monday to close at $2.93, after the company said it launched a live-commerce platform on TikTok Shop in Thailand. The stock traded between $2.21 and $3.46, with about 153 million shares changing hands. FinancialContent The rally puts a spotlight back on a thinly…

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  • XRF Scientific (ASX:XRF) posts 758% five-year TSR; dividends drive returns
    January 17, 2026, 8:55 PM EST. Investors in XRF Scientific (ASX:XRF) have seen standout returns over five years. The stock's price has risen about 641%, while the broader five-year total shareholder return (TSR) runs 758% when including reinvested dividends. The last 12 months delivered about 26% TSR, aided by dividends. In the most recent month, the share price gained 8.0% as market peers rose roughly 4.2%. Over five years, earnings per share (EPS) grew 26% per year, outpaced by a 49% annual rise in the share price, suggesting investors have priced in earnings growth and other factors. Dividends largely explain the TSR excess. The company has faced questions about whether growth will continue; some investors may feel they missed the opportunity, but the business could still be in play.
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