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Stock Market News 31 December 2025

MarineServices brings workboat ‘Puffin’ back to Dun Laoghaire as charter fleet expands

MarineServices brings workboat ‘Puffin’ back to Dun Laoghaire as charter fleet expands

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 13:29 ET MarineServices.ie said it has acquired the commercial workboat Puffin and brought the vessel back to its home port of Dún Laoghaire, adding capacity to its commercial vessel charter operations. https://afloat.ie/sail/how-to-sail/inss/item/69816-marine-services-acquires-puffin-to-expand-commercial-vessel-charter The move matters as operators around Irish ports face steady demand for small, multi-purpose workboats that can support marine construction, dive support and salvage jobs on short notice. MarineServices.ie said Puffin has already been used on projects including installation work on an Airfloat MPS “drive-up dock” for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and recovery of swim ladders from the area known locally as the
31 December 2025
AppLovin (NASDAQ: APP) stock dips today as year-end tech pullback pressures growth names

AppLovin (NASDAQ: APP) stock dips today as year-end tech pullback pressures growth names

AppLovin shares fell 1.3% to $685 in thin year-end trading Wednesday, underperforming major indexes as investors rotated out of high-growth tech stocks. Treasury yields rose after jobless claims dropped to 199,000, pressuring growth shares further. The Invesco QQQ Trust and S&P 500-tracking SPDR fund each slipped about 0.2% in afternoon trading.
Applied Digital (APLD) climbs on fresh analyst calls as ChronoScale spin-off plan stays in focus

Applied Digital (APLD) climbs on fresh analyst calls as ChronoScale spin-off plan stays in focus

Applied Digital shares climbed 4.6% to $25.20 Wednesday afternoon, outperforming a weaker market after Northland and Lake Street reiterated bullish ratings ahead of the Jan. 7 earnings call. The company recently signed a non-binding term sheet to spin out its cloud unit and merge it with EKSO Bionics, forming ChronoScale, a GPU-accelerated cloud platform. Applied Digital expects to own 97% of the new entity.
31 December 2025
Corcept Therapeutics (CORT) stock dives nearly 50% after FDA rejects relacorilant — what investors watch next

Corcept Therapeutics (CORT) stock dives nearly 50% after FDA rejects relacorilant — what investors watch next

Corcept shares plunged nearly 50% to $35.31 after the FDA rejected relacorilant for Cushing’s-related hypertension, citing insufficient evidence of effectiveness. The move erased about $3.7 billion in market value. Corcept said it will meet with the FDA to discuss next steps. The company is also awaiting a July 2026 FDA decision on relacorilant in ovarian cancer.
Santa Claus Rally Fizzles: S&P 500, Dow Slip as Tech Weighs on 2025 Finale

Santa Claus Rally Fizzles: S&P 500, Dow Slip as Tech Weighs on 2025 Finale

Wall Street’s main indexes slipped in thin trading on December 31, with the Dow down 116 points by midday, as Microsoft and Apple led declines. Despite the late-year dip, major indexes remained on track for double-digit gains in 2025. Investors shifted focus to the Federal Reserve’s 2026 outlook after minutes revealed divisions over further rate cuts. AI and chip stocks drove much of the year’s rally, while some firms lagged sharply.
JPMorgan stock edges up in thin year-end trade as Fed minutes and funding markets steer banks

JPMorgan stock edges up in thin year-end trade as Fed minutes and funding markets steer banks

JPMorgan shares rose 0.3% to $324.25 in afternoon trading Wednesday, outperforming major U.S. banks. Treasury yields climbed after weekly jobless claims dropped to 199,000, below forecasts. The Federal Reserve minutes showed officials divided over the 2026 rate outlook. Investors await JPMorgan’s earnings on Jan. 13 and the Fed’s Jan. 27–28 meeting.
IREN stock slips in New York trade as bitcoin eases into year-end

IREN stock slips in New York trade as bitcoin eases into year-end

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 13:50 ET — Regular session IREN Limited shares fell about 1% on Wednesday to $37.92, paring earlier losses as the price of bitcoin drifted lower. The Nasdaq-listed company sits at the intersection of two volatile trades: bitcoin mining and data centers built for artificial intelligence workloads. That combination has made the stock sensitive to shifts in crypto prices and risk appetite. Reuters Moves late in the year can also be magnified by portfolio adjustments, as funds lock in gains or harvest losses before the calendar turns. “Some year-end rebalancing is going on,” Michael Dehal, senior
Eli Lilly stock today: LLY slips as China Mounjaro cuts and U.S. pricing reset draw focus

Eli Lilly stock today: LLY slips as China Mounjaro cuts and U.S. pricing reset draw focus

Eli Lilly shares slipped 0.1% to $1,078.95 by early afternoon Wednesday after reports of price cuts for its diabetes and obesity drugs in China and a planned U.S. list-price reset. A regulatory filing showed Lilly Endowment, the company’s largest shareholder, trimmed its stake slightly. Investors focused on pricing pressure as the company’s GLP-1 drugs face broader access and lower prices heading into 2026.
Sandisk stock today: SNDK dips as company sets Jan. 29 earnings date

Sandisk stock today: SNDK dips as company sets Jan. 29 earnings date

Sandisk shares fell 1.1% to $237.64 midday Wednesday, trailing a weaker U.S. market as year-end trading remained thin. The company set Jan. 29, 2026, for its fiscal second-quarter results, with investors focused on flash demand from AI data centers. The stock has surged nearly 600% in 2025 since its spin-off from Western Digital. Peers Western Digital, Micron, and Seagate also traded lower.
OneSpaWorld (OSW) stock slides nearly 3% today as year-end trading cools cruise-linked names

OneSpaWorld (OSW) stock slides nearly 3% today as year-end trading cools cruise-linked names

OneSpaWorld Holdings shares fell 2.7% to $20.78 Wednesday, hitting an intraday low with about 53,000 shares traded. No new company news was reported. The cruise-spa operator’s revenue in 2024 depended heavily on Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian, according to its annual filing. Broader markets were also lower, with the S&P 500 ETF down 0.3%.
AI stocks today: Nvidia, AMD tick higher as year-end trade turns cautious

AI stocks today: Nvidia, AMD tick higher as year-end trade turns cautious

Nvidia rose 0.6% and AMD gained 0.5% in afternoon trading Wednesday, while Microsoft, Broadcom, and Meta slipped as Wall Street drifted lower in thin year-end trade. Meta announced plans to acquire AI startup Manus for $2–3 billion. Brookfield launched a cloud business tied to a $10 billion AI fund. Markets close Thursday for New Year’s Day.
New Year 2026 messages flood Romanian media as DefenseRomania touts nearly 6 million readers

New Year 2026 messages flood Romanian media as DefenseRomania touts nearly 6 million readers

NEW YORK, Dec 31, 2025, 1:24 ET Defense-focused outlet DefenseRomania marked the end of 2025 with a New Year message to readers, saying it closed the year with nearly 6 million unique visitors and promising more exclusive reporting in 2026. https://www.defenseromania.ro/defenseromania-va-ureaza-la-multi-ani-si-un-2026-cu-tot-ce-va-doriti-va-multumim-ca-ne-ati-fost-alaturi-intr-un-numar-atat-de-mare-in-2025-si-promitem-sa-nu-ne-oprim-aici_639622.html The site’s editorial team said the audience growth “honors” them but also “obliges” the newsroom to get better, framing the publication as a community built around Romania’s security concerns. Why it matters now: Romanian media outlets typically see a spike in late-December traffic tied to service journalism — practical, highly searchable content that readers share quickly in messaging apps
31 December 2025
Dow Jones slips in thin New Year’s Eve trade as Apple, Microsoft weigh; jobless claims surprise

Dow Jones slips in thin New Year’s Eve trade as Apple, Microsoft weigh; jobless claims surprise

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 116.75 points, or 0.24%, to 48,243.94 at midday on the last trading day of 2025, pressured by declines in Apple and Microsoft. Weekly jobless claims dropped to 199,000, below forecasts. Nike shares rose after CEO Elliott Hill bought $1 million in stock. U.S. bond markets were set to close early ahead of the New Year’s holiday.
31 December 2025
Rocket Companies stock drops today as RKT gives back gains despite 2025-low mortgage rates

Rocket Companies stock drops today as RKT gives back gains despite 2025-low mortgage rates

Rocket Companies shares fell 3.2% to $19.41 Wednesday afternoon, reversing part of Tuesday’s gain. U.S. mortgage rates dropped to a 2025 low of 6.15%, according to Freddie Mac. A recent SEC filing showed director Matthew Rizik sold 7,500 shares in late December under a pre-arranged plan. Unemployment claims fell to 199,000 last week, the Labor Department reported.
31 December 2025

Stock Market Today

Agricultural Bank of China 601288 A-shares slide as tech rout bites; inflation data is the next test

Agricultural Bank of China 601288 A-shares slide as tech rout bites; inflation data is the next test

7 February 2026
Shanghai, Feb 8, 2026, 03:30 GMT+8 — Market closed. Agricultural Bank of China Limited’s Class A shares closed down 0.45% at 6.67 yuan on Friday, falling 0.03 yuan and ending the week on a softer note for mainland financials. The stock traded between 6.62 yuan and 6.75 yuan, with turnover of about 2.24 billion yuan, market data showed. (AAStocks) The move came as mainland China and Hong Kong stocks finished lower after a global slide in technology names and another leg down in silver futures knocked risk appetite. BNY’s head of markets macro strategy Bob Savage flagged “a more complex
Palantir stock price rebounds after AI shakeout — what traders watch next week

Palantir stock price rebounds after AI shakeout — what traders watch next week

7 February 2026
Palantir Technologies shares rose 4.5% to $135.90 Friday after reporting a 70% jump in Q4 revenue to $1.407 billion and forecasting 61% revenue growth in 2026. The stock rebounded from a 6.8% drop Thursday, triggered by concerns over Big Tech capital spending and AI’s impact on software demand. A new partnership with Cognizant and U.S. government policy shifts kept Palantir in focus. Director Alexander D. Moore sold 20,000 shares on Feb. 2.
Coca-Cola stock price ends near $79 — frozen products exit sets up KO earnings week

Coca-Cola stock price ends near $79 — frozen products exit sets up KO earnings week

7 February 2026
Coca-Cola will discontinue its frozen products, including the Minute Maid frozen line, in the U.S. and Canada in Q1 2026. Shares closed Friday up 0.66% at $79.03 ahead of Tuesday’s quarterly results. CEO James Quincey sold 337,824 shares on Feb. 3 for about $26 million under a pre-arranged plan. Options pricing suggests a possible 3% move after earnings.
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