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Stock Market News 29 December 2025

CrowdStrike stock ends higher as Wedbush backs AI tailwind; Zacks cuts rating to hold

CrowdStrike stock ends higher as Wedbush backs AI tailwind; Zacks cuts rating to hold

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 23:01 ET — Market closed CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) shares closed Friday up $4, or about 0.8%, at $481.19, in light post-holiday trading. The stock has become a year-end battleground for investors trying to price how much of the “cyber meets AI” trade is already in the shares, after a sharp run this year. Research notes can move sentiment quickly when volumes thin out into the final trading days of December. Stocktwits Macro remains a swing factor for high-growth software names, with markets looking ahead to the Federal Reserve’s minutes from its December meeting this week.
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PNB fraud alert, Coforge’s $2.35 billion Encora deal and MCX split: India stocks to watch Monday

PNB fraud alert, Coforge’s $2.35 billion Encora deal and MCX split: India stocks to watch Monday

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 22:55 ET Punjab National Bank said it had uncovered a 24.34 billion rupee loan fraud linked to former promoters of two SREI Group companies, putting the state-run lender in focus as Indian markets reopen on Monday. Moneycontrol Hindi+1 The banking disclosure is one of several company updates investors are tracking ahead of Monday’s session, after Indian stocks ended the Dec. 22-26 week with modest gains but closed lower on Friday. Moneycontrol Hindi+1 India’s benchmark indexes were set for a flat open on Monday, with thin year-end holiday volumes and foreign fund outflows shaping sentiment. Reuters
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Coforge’s $2.35 billion Encora deal tops India’s stocks-to-watch list for Dec. 29

Coforge’s $2.35 billion Encora deal tops India’s stocks-to-watch list for Dec. 29

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 22:48 ET Indian stocks were set for a firmer start on Monday, with IT services firm Coforge in focus after it agreed to buy U.S.-based Encora in a deal valued at $2.35 billion on an enterprise-value basis, according to Moneycontrol. GIFT Nifty futures rose 40 points to 26,100, Upstox reported. Moneycontrol+1 The deal lands in the final stretch of year-end trading, when big corporate announcements can drive sharp moves in individual shares even if broader volumes thin out. Investors also had fresh catalysts ranging from stake sales to regulatory filings and contract wins. Moneycontrol+2Moneycontrol+2 Coforge,
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Chevron stock on watch as oil climbs late Sunday ahead of U.S. open

Chevron stock on watch as oil climbs late Sunday ahead of U.S. open

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 22:52 ET — Market closed Oil prices rose nearly 1% late Sunday on renewed Middle East tensions, setting the tone for Chevron Corp when U.S. equity trading resumes on Monday. ReutersChevron shares last traded down 0.3% at $150.02. The weekend move matters for Chevron and other oil majors because crude prices feed directly into expectations for production earnings and cash returns. The rebound follows a Friday slide tied to fears of a global supply glut and headlines around Russia-Ukraine peace talks. Reuters Brent, the global oil benchmark, is down about 19% this year and is
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Mastercard stock holds near $580 as Fed minutes loom and year-end trading thins

Mastercard stock holds near $580 as Fed minutes loom and year-end trading thins

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 22:44 ET — Market closed Mastercard shares ended Friday up 0.03% at $579.60, as U.S. stocks drifted in light post-holiday trading. Yahoo Finance The stock’s quiet finish leaves investors focused on what can still move markets in the final stretch of the year: interest-rate expectations and any signs that consumer spending is cooling or holding up. Reuters That matters for Mastercard because payment networks are widely viewed as steady growth businesses, and their valuations tend to react to shifts in bond yields and the expected path of Federal Reserve policy. Reuters On Friday, Wall Street
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Caterpillar stock drifts into year-end as Fed minutes loom and trading stays thin

Caterpillar stock drifts into year-end as Fed minutes loom and trading stays thin

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 22:48 ET — Market closed Caterpillar Inc shares ended Friday slightly lower, closing down 0.13% at $583.00 as trading stayed subdued ahead of the final sessions of 2025. FinancialContent The heavy-equipment maker is widely watched as a read on cyclical demand, and the muted move comes as investors head into year-end looking for fresh direction from rates and broader market leadership. Reuters+1 Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s December meeting are due Tuesday, and markets are focused on what they signal about the pace of rate cuts in 2026 after the central bank lowered its benchmark
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Linde stock barely budges into year-end as Fed minutes loom

Linde stock barely budges into year-end as Fed minutes loom

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 22:39 ET — Market closed Linde plc shares ended the last U.S. session little changed, slipping 0.03% to $424.77 at the Dec. 26 close, according to Wall Street Journal market data. The stock was last quoted at $426.63 at 6:22 p.m. ET in after-hours trading, which is trading after the 4 p.m. close. Wall Street Journal The industrial gases supplier moved in step with a broader materials bid as Wall Street “caught its breath” in thin post-Christmas trading, a Reuters report said. Materials was the strongest-performing sector among the S&P 500’s 11 groups. Reuters Why
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Boeing stock in focus before Monday after E-7 cost report, new airline buy plans

Boeing stock in focus before Monday after E-7 cost report, new airline buy plans

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 22:14 ET — Market closed Boeing shares will head into Monday’s session with fresh attention on its defense programs after the Wall Street Journal reported Congress stepped in to keep funding for the U.S. Air Force’s E-7 Wedgetail radar jet effort. Wall Street Journal The planemaker’s stock last closed down 0.8% at $216.44 on Friday. The development matters because Boeing’s defense portfolio can swing quarterly results when programs run over budget, even as investors stay focused on the company’s broader push to increase commercial jet deliveries and improve cash generation. Boeing traded between $216.11 and
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Texas Instruments stock in focus after Weebit Nano lands ReRAM licensing deal

Texas Instruments stock in focus after Weebit Nano lands ReRAM licensing deal

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 22:25 ET — Market closed Texas Instruments (TXN.O) shares are likely to be in focus when U.S. markets reopen on Monday after memory-technology firm Weebit Nano (WBT.AX) said it licensed its ReRAM technology to the chipmaker. GlobeNewswire+1 TI shares last closed down about 0.1% at $176.88 on Friday. Texas Instruments Investor Relations The agreement matters because it targets memory inside “embedded processing” chips — the microcontrollers and other small processors that run equipment in factories, cars and consumer devices. Those chips need non-volatile memory, which retains data even when power is off. GlobeNewswire+1 Weebit said
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American Airlines stock slips as DFW hub overhaul meets winter-storm travel chaos

American Airlines stock slips as DFW hub overhaul meets winter-storm travel chaos

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 10:19 PM ET — Market closed American Airlines Group Inc shares last closed down 1.5% at $15.44 on Friday. The carrier outlined a major overhaul of its Dallas Fort Worth International Airport hub as winter storm Devin disrupted U.S. travel. American Airlines+2American Airlines Newsroom+2 The timing matters because airlines are moving large numbers of passengers around the year-end travel peak with limited slack in aircraft and crews. Weather-driven cancellations can cascade through networks, pushing up costs and straining on-time performance. American is leaning on operational changes to reduce those ripple effects. It is betting that
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Salesforce stock ends slightly higher as year-end trading thins and Fed minutes loom

Salesforce stock ends slightly higher as year-end trading thins and Fed minutes loom

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 22:02 ET — Market closed Salesforce shares last closed up 0.3% at $266.08 on Friday, edging higher in light post-Christmas trading. Nasdaq The stock’s next directional cue may come less from company headlines and more from macro signals, with the final stretch of the year typically marked by thinner liquidity and outsized reactions to small shifts in interest-rate expectations. Reuters+1 That matters for Salesforce because growth stocks in software often trade on how investors discount future cash flows — a calculation that becomes more sensitive when traders re-price the path of U.S. rates. Reuters In
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Disney stock dips into year-end as Fed minutes loom and ‘Avatar’ rules holiday box office

Disney stock dips into year-end as Fed minutes loom and ‘Avatar’ rules holiday box office

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 22:00 ET — Market closed Walt Disney Co shares slid 0.8% on Friday, easing to $113.56 as U.S. stocks finished little changed in thin post-Christmas trading. The move matters now because the market is in the final, low-liquidity stretch of the year, when portfolio rebalancing can amplify swings even without fresh company news. Reuters reported light trading volumes and few catalysts driving conviction in Friday’s session. For Disney investors, the late-December window also coincides with the holiday quarter, when consumer spending, theme-park demand and blockbuster releases can shape sentiment about the company’s near-term earnings power.
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Lumentum stock in focus after Friday slide as Fed minutes, next earnings near

Lumentum stock in focus after Friday slide as Fed minutes, next earnings near

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 21:54 ET — Market closed Lumentum Holdings Inc shares last traded at $390.77, down 1.3% from their previous close, in the final U.S. session before the weekend. The move comes as investors brace for the final stretch of 2025 with stocks near record peaks and the market focused on interest-rate expectations. Minutes — the detailed account of the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting — are due Tuesday. Reuters “Momentum is certainly on the side of the bulls,” Paul Nolte, senior wealth adviser and market strategist at Murphy & Sylvest Wealth Management, said in a note
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Home Depot stock ends higher into year-end as Fed minutes loom and housing stays in focus

Home Depot stock ends higher into year-end as Fed minutes loom and housing stays in focus

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 21:49 ET — Market closed Home Depot shares ended the latest session on Friday up 0.7% at $349.78. The move came in a quiet, light-volume stretch for U.S. stocks, with the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq all closing marginally lower on Friday. Reuters That matters now because year-end portfolio shifts and thin trading can amplify swings, especially in rate-sensitive consumer names tied to housing and remodeling. Reuters Home Depot is closely watched as a read-through on U.S. home-improvement demand, where borrowing costs and home turnover can affect big projects and discretionary spending. Reuters On Friday,
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Rigetti stock drops nearly 9% as quantum names cool into year-end

Rigetti stock drops nearly 9% as quantum names cool into year-end

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 21:47 ET — Market closed Rigetti Computing shares slid 8.6% to $22.38 in Friday’s regular session, retreating as quantum-computing stocks pulled back into the final week of the year. The move matters now because year-end trading tends to magnify swings in high-volatility stocks, while investors reassess crowded themes ahead of 2026. Reuters described Friday’s broader tape as light-volume and catalyst-thin, a backdrop that can sharpen moves in speculative corners of the market. Reuters Other “pure-play” quantum names fell in tandem. IonQ dropped about 7.6%, D-Wave Quantum slid about 8.1% and Quantum Computing Inc fell about
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Visa stock ends flat in holiday lull as investors eye Fed minutes, housing data

Visa stock ends flat in holiday lull as investors eye Fed minutes, housing data

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 21:32 ET — Market closed Visa Inc shares ended Friday little changed, slipping 0.04% to $355, as U.S. markets drifted in quiet, post-Christmas trade. Yahoo Finance The near-flat close leaves Visa stuck in the year-end tug-of-war between thin liquidity and big-picture bets on where U.S. interest rates go next. Traders tend to keep positions light into the final trading days of the year, when small flows can move prices. Reuters+1 Visa, a bellwether in card payments, is also watched for what it implies about consumer activity, since it processes transactions for banks and merchants across
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P&G stock steadies near $145 as year-end trading thins and Fed minutes loom

P&G stock steadies near $145 as year-end trading thins and Fed minutes loom

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 21:33 ET — Market closed Key points: Procter & Gamble shares closed up 0.2% on Friday at $144.74, ending a quiet post-Christmas session with the stock holding near the $145 level. That muted move matters into the final week of the year, when trading liquidity often thins and portfolio rebalancing can push defensive shares around even without fresh company headlines. Investors’ next near-term market test comes Tuesday, when the Federal Reserve releases minutes from its most recent policy meeting — details traders use to gauge how quickly officials may cut rates next year. U.S. stock
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SoFi stock slips into year-end lull as Fed minutes loom

SoFi stock slips into year-end lull as Fed minutes loom

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 21:31 ET — Market closed SoFi Technologies, Inc. shares fell 1.5% in the latest U.S. session, ending at $27.07 on Friday as year-end trading volumes stayed light. StockAnalysis The move matters now because the final trading days of the year can exaggerate swings in growth and fintech names, just as investors brace for fresh signals on interest rates and the economy. Reuters+1 Wall Street’s major indexes slipped slightly on Friday in a quiet, post-Christmas session, extending a holiday-thinned stretch that has left stock-specific catalysts in sharper focus. Reuters SoFi, an online lender and bank, is
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Merck stock holds near 52-week high as year-end trading turns to Fed minutes

Merck stock holds near 52-week high as year-end trading turns to Fed minutes

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 21:37 ET — Market closed Merck & Co shares finished the last U.S. session up 0.3% at $106.78, closing just below a 52-week high after a quiet, post-Christmas session left the broader market marginally lower. Yahoo Finance+1 The move matters for investors because late-December flows can push big, liquid drugmakers around even without fresh company news, as portfolios rebalance into year-end and trading volumes stay light. Reuters+1 Attention is also shifting to interest-rate expectations, which can influence valuations for defensive, dividend-paying stocks such as large pharmaceuticals. Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent meeting are
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IonQ drops with quantum peers into year-end, as investors weigh next catalysts

IonQ drops with quantum peers into year-end, as investors weigh next catalysts

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 9:31 PM ET — Market closed IonQ shares fell 7.6% to $46.00 in their last U.S. session on Friday, retreating with other quantum-computing stocks into the final days of the year. The move matters because IonQ is one of a small set of publicly traded “pure plays” in quantum computing — companies whose main business is building quantum hardware and services — and the group has been prone to sharp swings on relatively little news. Reuters With the sector still early in commercial adoption, traders have been treating customer deals and roadmaps as key markers
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Amazon stock (AMZN) slides on $200 billion AI capex plan — what Wall Street watches next week

Amazon stock (AMZN) slides on $200 billion AI capex plan — what Wall Street watches next week

7 February 2026
Amazon shares fell 5.6% to $210.32 on Friday after the company forecast 2026 capital spending would jump to $200 billion, up more than 50% from 2025. The drop came as the Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time. Amazon reported fourth-quarter net sales up 14% to $213.4 billion and operating income at $25 billion. Trading in Amazon was volatile, with 179 million shares changing hands.
Bitcoin price wobbles below $69,000 on weekend — what matters before Monday’s reopen

Bitcoin price wobbles below $69,000 on weekend — what matters before Monday’s reopen

7 February 2026
Bitcoin fell 1.1% to $68,917 Saturday after volatile trading, while Ether held near $2,036. U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs saw $330.7 million in net inflows on Feb. 6, reversing outflows the previous day. Strategy shares rebounded after hitting a low of $111.27 Thursday. Traders are watching Monday’s U.S. market open and the upcoming inflation report for direction.
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