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Merck Stock Forecast and News Roundup for December 24, 2025: MRK Hits a New 52-Week High as Wall Street Reprices 2026 Catalysts

Merck Stock Forecast and News Roundup for December 24, 2025: MRK Hits a New 52-Week High as Wall Street Reprices 2026 Catalysts

Merck & Company, Inc. stock is ending 2025 on a strong note. On December 24, 2025, shares of Merck (MRK) pushed to a fresh 12‑month high around the $106 level, extending a powerful late‑year rally that has put the pharma bellwether back in the spotlight. MarketBeat+2Investing.com+2 This move isn’t happening in a vacuum. Today’s MRK price action sits at the intersection of three market themes that have dominated Merck headlines into Christmas Eve: Below is a comprehensive, publication-ready roundup of the current news, forecasts, and analysis investors are reading as of December 24, 2025, and what it could mean for
24 December 2025
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Edgewise Therapeutics Stock (EWTX) Jumps on EDG-7500 CIRRUS-HCM Update: Dec. 24, 2025 News, Analyst Forecasts, and Key Catalysts

Edgewise Therapeutics Stock (EWTX) Jumps on EDG-7500 CIRRUS-HCM Update: Dec. 24, 2025 News, Analyst Forecasts, and Key Catalysts

Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: EWTX) stock surged in intraday trading on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, after the company released a fresh update on EDG-7500, its investigational therapy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). By late morning, shares were trading around $26.37—up roughly 21% versus the prior close—after swinging between about $21.30 and $27.05 on the day, with volume above 2.2 million shares. The move follows a company announcement that it has completed Parts B and C of its Phase 2 CIRRUS-HCM trial and reported favorable interim safety observations from Part D—an update that several market outlets characterized as a meaningful de-risking moment
24 December 2025
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Johnson & Johnson Stock Today: JNJ Holds Near $207 on Dec. 24, 2025 as Talc Verdict, Drug-Price Pressure and Q4 Earnings Take Center Stage

Johnson & Johnson Stock Today: JNJ Holds Near $207 on Dec. 24, 2025 as Talc Verdict, Drug-Price Pressure and Q4 Earnings Take Center Stage

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is trading through a holiday-shortened Christmas Eve session with investors balancing a familiar mix of defensive appeal and headline risk. On Wednesday, December 24, 2025, J&J shares hovered around $207 in late-morning trade, keeping the healthcare bellwether close to its recent highs even as the company faces fresh legal scrutiny and renewed policy pressure on U.S. drug pricing. StockAnalysis The immediate backdrop matters: U.S. markets are closing early at 1 p.m. ET for Christmas Eve, a schedule that can amplify moves and distort volume signals—especially for mega-caps like J&J that often act as “parking spots”
24 December 2025
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Citigroup Stock News (NYSE: C) on Dec. 24, 2025: Regulatory Relief, Banamex Progress, and Wall Street Forecasts for 2026

Citigroup Stock News (NYSE: C) on Dec. 24, 2025: Regulatory Relief, Banamex Progress, and Wall Street Forecasts for 2026

NEW YORK — Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is closing out 2025 with a resurgence that has put C stock back on many investors’ watchlists. In the holiday-shortened session on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, Wall Street traded close to record territory amid thin volumes, while bank shares remained in focus after a string of December headlines around regulatory progress, strategic streamlining, and improving profitability expectations. Reuters For Citigroup specifically, the story going into year-end is less about a single “Christmas Eve catalyst” and more about a stack of developments in the past two weeks that has helped reframe the Citi turnaround
24 December 2025
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ServiceNow Stock (NYSE: NOW) News Today: $7.75B Armis Deal, CEO Contract Extension, and 2026 Analyst Forecasts (Dec. 24, 2025)

ServiceNow Stock (NYSE: NOW) News Today: $7.75B Armis Deal, CEO Contract Extension, and 2026 Analyst Forecasts (Dec. 24, 2025)

ServiceNow, Inc. (NYSE: NOW) is back in the spotlight on December 24, 2025, as investors weigh two major developments: the company’s $7.75 billion all-cash agreement to acquire cybersecurity firm Armis and a new CEO contract extension for Bill McDermott through 2030. Add in the recent 5‑for‑1 stock split that reset the share price and made older price targets harder to compare, and you have a stock that’s suddenly a daily headline again. Below is a detailed, publication-ready breakdown of today’s ServiceNow stock news, what analysts are forecasting, and the key bull/bear arguments shaping NOW’s outlook into 2026. ServiceNow stock price
24 December 2025
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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Series A Stock: Latest News, Deal Battle Updates, and Wall Street Forecasts on Dec. 24, 2025

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Series A Stock: Latest News, Deal Battle Updates, and Wall Street Forecasts on Dec. 24, 2025

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Series A Common Stock (NASDAQ: WBD) is ending 2025 as one of the most deal-driven names in U.S. media—caught between a signed Netflix agreement and an aggressive, sweetened hostile bid from Paramount Skydance. On December 24, 2025, WBD shares traded around $29.18, positioning the stock neatly between Netflix’s $27.75 per share cash-and-stock structure (plus a planned networks spin-off) and Paramount Skydance’s $30.00 per share all-cash tender offer for the entire company. Reuters+1 That “in-the-middle” price is the market’s way of saying: this is no longer just a fundamentals story. It’s a high-stakes, multi-path outcome story—one where
24 December 2025
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Exxon Mobil Stock (XOM) News and Forecast for Dec. 24, 2025: Sakhalin-1 Deadline Extended, Oil Prices Rebound, and Analysts See More Upside

Exxon Mobil Stock (XOM) News and Forecast for Dec. 24, 2025: Sakhalin-1 Deadline Extended, Oil Prices Rebound, and Analysts See More Upside

Exxon Mobil Corporation stock (NYSE: XOM) traded around $119.62 in holiday-thinned action on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, as investors balanced a fresh geopolitical headline tied directly to Exxon’s long-running Russia exit, a late-December rebound in crude prices, and a steady drumbeat of analyst targets clustering in the low $130s. With U.S. markets operating on a shortened Christmas Eve session (stocks closing early), price moves across energy names are being amplified by lighter volumes—often making “headline sensitivity” more pronounced than on a normal trading day. Investopedia Below is what matters most for Exxon Mobil stock today: the Russia/Sakhalin-1 update, the crude-oil
24 December 2025
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Robinhood Stock (NASDAQ: HOOD) News Today: Holiday Trading, Prediction-Markets Push, and Wall Street Price Targets on Dec. 24, 2025

Robinhood Stock (NASDAQ: HOOD) News Today: Holiday Trading, Prediction-Markets Push, and Wall Street Price Targets on Dec. 24, 2025

December 24, 2025 Robinhood Markets, Inc. stock (NASDAQ: HOOD) is trading in a holiday-shortened Christmas Eve session, with markets set to close early and volumes expected to stay thin. In that kind of tape, even modest moves in crypto prices and risk appetite can show up quickly across retail-brokerage and crypto-exposed names—especially a stock like Robinhood, which has become one of 2025’s standout momentum stories. Below is what investors are tracking as of Dec. 24, 2025, across the major news wires and widely-circulated research/market notes: recent catalysts, today’s trading context, and the latest analyst targets and valuation debates shaping the
24 December 2025
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Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) Stock on Dec. 24, 2025: $24.55 Take-Private Deal, Latest Analyst Forecasts, and Key Dates to Watch

Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) Stock on Dec. 24, 2025: $24.55 Take-Private Deal, Latest Analyst Forecasts, and Key Dates to Watch

Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CWAN) isn’t trading like a typical software stock on December 24, 2025. It’s trading like a deal. As of today, CWAN is around $24.14, with shares moving in a tight range that reflects a simple market reality: Clearwater has agreed to be acquired for $24.55 per share in cash, so the stock is now largely “anchored” to that number—until something changes (a higher bid, a delay, or a deal break). Business Wire+1 Below is what’s driving CWAN stock right now, what analysts are saying as the dust settles, and what investors are watching next during
24 December 2025
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AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Stock Turns Volatile After BlueBird 6 Launch: Dec. 24, 2025 News, Analyst Forecasts, and What’s Next

AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Stock Turns Volatile After BlueBird 6 Launch: Dec. 24, 2025 News, Analyst Forecasts, and What’s Next

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) is making headlines on Wednesday, December 24, 2025 after confirming the successful orbital launch of “BlueBird 6,” its first next‑generation satellite designed to deliver space-based 4G/5G cellular broadband directly to standard, unmodified smartphones. Business Wire Yet despite the milestone, ASTS stock has been whipsawing in a holiday-shortened U.S. trading session—a reminder that for high‑beta “future-network” names, major technical wins don’t always translate into a straight-line move in the share price. New York Stock Exchange Below is a comprehensive roundup of the Dec. 24, 2025 news flow, the key catalysts and risks being debated, and what
24 December 2025
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Transocean Stock (NYSE:RIG) News Today: Backlog Wins, Insider Trades, and the Latest Analyst Forecasts on Dec. 24, 2025

Transocean Stock (NYSE:RIG) News Today: Backlog Wins, Insider Trades, and the Latest Analyst Forecasts on Dec. 24, 2025

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) is ending 2025 in a familiar, wonderfully weird spot for offshore drillers: the stock is trading like a “cycle is improving” story, while the financial statements still carry the scars of a brutal prior cycle and heavy balance-sheet engineering. As of Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, Transocean shares were trading around $4.03, up a fraction on the day, after hitting an intraday high near $4.07 with volume around 6.1 million shares at the latest trade time. Below is a full roundup of today’s (24.12.2025) market chatter, the most recent company news and filings, and the current Wall Street
24 December 2025
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AppLovin (APP) Stock News Today, Dec. 24, 2025: Price Holds Near $727 After Fresh Target Hikes—What Investors Are Watching Into 2026

AppLovin (APP) Stock News Today, Dec. 24, 2025: Price Holds Near $727 After Fresh Target Hikes—What Investors Are Watching Into 2026

December 24, 2025 — AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ: APP) is trading through a shortened Christmas Eve session, with U.S. equities scheduled to close early at 1:00 p.m. ET—a setup that can amplify intraday swings as liquidity thins. Kiplinger As of late morning trading, AppLovin shares are around $727, hovering inside a tight range after a volatile stretch that included multiple Wall Street price-target increases in mid-December. Investing.com+1 Meanwhile, the broader market tone is supportive for growth and AI-linked names: the S&P 500 touched a new intraday record high on Dec. 24, helped by renewed appetite for technology and expectations that interest-rate
24 December 2025
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Nu Holdings (NU) Stock News Today: Price Action, Analyst Forecasts, and What’s Driving Nubank Shares on December 24, 2025

Nu Holdings (NU) Stock News Today: Price Action, Analyst Forecasts, and What’s Driving Nubank Shares on December 24, 2025

Nu Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NU) — the parent company of Nubank — is trading near its 2025 highs heading into year-end, as investors weigh rapid customer growth against questions around regulation, banking licenses, and how much upside is already “in the price.” As of December 24, 2025, NU shares are hovering around $16.74, down slightly on the session after touching an intraday high near $16.83. The stock remains up sharply in 2025 and is still within striking distance of its $17.84 52-week high, giving it the look of a market darling that’s pausing to breathe rather than reversing course. MarketBeat
24 December 2025
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Apple Stock (AAPL) Today: Price Near $274 as Brazil App Store Deal, Italy Antitrust Fine, and “Siri 2.0” Forecasts Define the 2026 Outlook

Apple Stock (AAPL) Today: Price Near $274 as Brazil App Store Deal, Italy Antitrust Fine, and “Siri 2.0” Forecasts Define the 2026 Outlook

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) ended the Christmas Eve session in the spotlight for reasons that go well beyond day-to-day price action: regulators are tightening the screws on the App Store worldwide, courts are reshaping how app marketplaces can be policed, and Wall Street is increasingly treating Apple’s 2026 story as an “AI delivery” story—with Siri at the center of the plot. In thin holiday trading, Apple stock finished December 24, 2025 around $274 (close: $274.29, up from $272.36 the day before). The session’s range was roughly $272.25 to $274.74, with volume notably light—about 6.7 million shares, reflecting the shortened trading
24 December 2025
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Costco Stock (COST) News, Forecasts, and Analyst Outlook for 2026 — What’s Driving Shares on Dec. 24, 2025

Costco Stock (COST) News, Forecasts, and Analyst Outlook for 2026 — What’s Driving Shares on Dec. 24, 2025

Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) is back in the spotlight on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, as investors head into the holidays with a fresh wave of analyst calls, tariff-related headlines, and a renewed debate over whether Costco’s “rare” 2025 underperformance is a warning sign—or a setup for a rebound. In a shortened Christmas Eve trading session (U.S. markets close early at 1:00 p.m. ET), Costco shares were trading around the high-$860s to low-$870s range in mid-morning updates, after opening with modest gains. New York Stock Exchange+2Finviz+2 Below is a comprehensive look at the latest Costco stock news, forecasts, and analyses
24 December 2025
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MARA Holdings (MARA) Stock News Today: Bitcoin Slips Below $90K, Insider Sales Surface, and Analyst Targets Loom Large on Dec. 24, 2025

MARA Holdings (MARA) Stock News Today: Bitcoin Slips Below $90K, Insider Sales Surface, and Analyst Targets Loom Large on Dec. 24, 2025

MARA Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA) is spending Christmas Eve the way crypto-linked equities often do: tethered to Bitcoin’s mood swings, amplified by thin holiday liquidity, and scrutinized for any signal—technical, fundamental, or behavioral—that hints at what comes next. In early trading on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, MARA shares hovered around $9.79, down modestly on the day and still near the lower end of their 52‑week range. Bitcoin, meanwhile, traded around $87,051, keeping pressure on the public miners that many traders use as “high‑beta Bitcoin proxies.” With U.S. markets operating on a shortened holiday session—NYSE and Nasdaq close early at 1:00
24 December 2025
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Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock News Today: $816M Space Force Contract, Needham Raises Price Target to $90, and 2026 Forecasts

Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock News Today: $816M Space Force Contract, Needham Raises Price Target to $90, and 2026 Forecasts

December 24, 2025 — Rocket Lab Corporation stock (NASDAQ: RKLB) is spending Christmas Eve doing what overheated momentum names often do: pausing and digesting. After a blistering December rally fueled by defense-contract news and a record-setting launch cadence, RKLB shares traded in the mid-$70s in the shortened U.S. session, slipping modestly as investors weigh how much of 2026’s growth is already priced in. MarketBeat+1 Even with the day’s softer tape, Rocket Lab stock remains one of the market’s most watched space-sector stories into year-end. Analysts and investors are now trying to answer a more complicated question than “what happened?”—namely: what
24 December 2025
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CoreWeave Stock (NASDAQ: CRWV) on Dec. 24, 2025: Latest News, Analyst Forecasts, and What Investors Are Watching

CoreWeave Stock (NASDAQ: CRWV) on Dec. 24, 2025: Latest News, Analyst Forecasts, and What Investors Are Watching

Updated: December 24, 2025 CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWV) is ending 2025 at the center of a bigger Wall Street conversation: how the AI infrastructure boom gets financed—and what happens to high-growth “neocloud” names when capital markets turn cautious. As of the latest available quote on Dec. 24, 2025, CoreWeave stock was trading around $79.60, after opening near $80.48 and moving between roughly $78.75 and $80.89 in the session. The company’s market capitalization sits around $41.5 billion, with a 52-week range roughly spanning $32 to $187. That price action comes after a turbulent stretch in mid-to-late December, including sharp swings around
24 December 2025
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Denison Mines Stock (DNN, DML) News and Forecast on Dec. 24, 2025: Wheeler River Permitting, Skyharbour JV, and What Analysts Are Watching

Denison Mines Stock (DNN, DML) News and Forecast on Dec. 24, 2025: Wheeler River Permitting, Skyharbour JV, and What Analysts Are Watching

Denison Mines Corp. (NYSE American: DNN; TSX: DML) is heading into year-end with a familiar uranium-stock cocktail: a buoyant sector narrative, a tight (and sometimes geopolitically spicy) fuel market, and one very specific company catalyst that keeps dominating the investment conversation—regulatory progress at the Wheeler River Project in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin. On December 24, 2025, Denison shares were trading around $2.76 in the U.S. listing, down modestly on the day. MarketBeat In Canada, the TSX listing DML closed at C$3.78 on Dec. 24. StockAnalysis So what’s driving attention into the holidays—when markets are often thin and headline-sensitive? Three threads stand
24 December 2025
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Rivian Stock (RIVN) News on Dec. 24, 2025: Analysts Split on 2026 Upside as R2 and Autonomy+ Take Center Stage

Rivian Stock (RIVN) News on Dec. 24, 2025: Analysts Split on 2026 Upside as R2 and Autonomy+ Take Center Stage

Rivian Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIVN) is ending 2025 with a familiar mix of ingredients for EV investors: a strong stock move, a big product catalyst on the horizon, and a debate about whether the company’s technology story can outrun its cash burn long enough to reach scale. As of Dec. 24, 2025, Rivian shares traded around $21.22 in U.S. markets, with light holiday-session volume and a narrow intraday range. What’s different heading into 2026 is why people are paying attention. In December, Rivian pushed hard to reposition itself from “cool electric truck brand” to “software-defined vehicle platform”—complete with an autonomy
24 December 2025
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Disney stock ends week higher after Friday bounce — what to watch for DIS next week

Disney stock ends week higher after Friday bounce — what to watch for DIS next week

7 February 2026
New York, Feb 7, 2026, 17:36 EST — Market closed. Walt Disney shares rose 3.6% on Friday to close at $108.70, trimming the damage from an early-week slide as U.S. stocks snapped back into risk-on mode. (Yahoo Finance) With U.S. markets shut for the weekend, the next session opens with Disney caught between two big forces: a market that is suddenly willing to buy again, and a media business that is still being rewired in public. For Disney, that matters now because its most visible growth levers — streaming and experiences — move on sentiment as much as on the
Novo Nordisk stock: Class B shares face Monday test after FDA squeeze forces Hims to pull $49 Wegovy copycat

Novo Nordisk stock: Class B shares face Monday test after FDA squeeze forces Hims to pull $49 Wegovy copycat

7 February 2026
Novo Nordisk Class B shares closed up 5.3% at 295.50 Danish crowns in Copenhagen after Hims & Hers said it would stop offering a compounded pill version of Wegovy following U.S. regulatory warnings. The move came after Novo called the Hims product “illegal mass compounding” and threatened legal action. Shares had fallen nearly 8% Thursday after Hims launched the pill. Trading resumes Monday.
Linde stock price falls as LIN heads into weekend; JPMorgan downgrade and guidance in focus

Linde stock price falls as LIN heads into weekend; JPMorgan downgrade and guidance in focus

7 February 2026
Linde plc shares fell 2.5% to $448.24 Friday after reporting Q4 sales up 6% to $8.76 billion and adjusted EPS of $4.20. The company guided 2026 adjusted EPS to $17.40–$17.90, below analyst consensus. JPMorgan downgraded the stock, while Morgan Stanley and UBS raised price targets. Linde repurchased $1.4 billion in shares in Q4 and returned $7.4 billion to shareholders in 2025.
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