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Stock Market News 31 December 2025

Lumentum stock slips today as year-end trading thins out — what to watch next for LITE

Lumentum stock slips today as year-end trading thins out — what to watch next for LITE

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 8:58 PM ET — Market closed Lumentum Holdings Inc. shares ended Tuesday down 0.4% at $371.19, as year-end trading stayed subdued and investors trimmed exposure to parts of the technology complex. markets.businessinsider.com The optical-components maker has become a high-beta way to trade demand tied to cloud and AI infrastructure, and thin liquidity late in the year can amplify swings. U.S. benchmarks finished slightly lower, with losses in technology and financials offsetting gains elsewhere, Reuters reported. “It’s just a healthy rebalancing of allocations more so than an emotionally driven sell-off,” said Mark Hackett, chief market strategist
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MercadoLibre stock closes higher as year-end trading thins; Fed minutes keep rates in focus

MercadoLibre stock closes higher as year-end trading thins; Fed minutes keep rates in focus

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 20:48 ET — Market closed MercadoLibre Inc (MELI) shares closed up 0.3% at $2,020.88 on Tuesday, after trading between $1,997.46 and $2,028.95. Volume was about 294,000 shares. The muted move mattered because liquidity has been thin into the year-end, and small shifts in rate expectations can swing the prices of higher-growth stocks. Investors often adjust what they are willing to pay for future earnings when interest rates move. That rate sensitivity stayed front and center after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s Dec. 9-10 meeting showed officials divided on how much more to cut in 2026.
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Circle (CRCL) stock slips into year-end close as Fed minutes keep rate bets in focus

Circle (CRCL) stock slips into year-end close as Fed minutes keep rate bets in focus

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 20:36 ET — Market closed Circle Internet Group shares ended lower on Tuesday, closing at $79.89 as U.S. stocks eased in holiday-thin trading. The USDC stablecoin issuer traded between $79.68 and $82.88. Reuters The stock’s sensitivity to interest rates is front and center heading into year-end. Circle’s core earnings power is tied to yield on cash and short-dated government assets backing USDC, a type of cryptocurrency designed to hold a steady $1 value. Circle+1 That makes the Federal Reserve’s policy path a near-term driver as investors debate how quickly borrowing costs may fall in 2026.
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Coca-Cola stock today slips on thin year-end trade — here’s what investors watch next

Coca-Cola stock today slips on thin year-end trade — here’s what investors watch next

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 8:44 PM ET — Market closed Coca-Cola shares edged lower on Tuesday, closing down 0.13% at $70.07, as investors kept positions tight heading into the New Year holiday. Yahoo Finance The muted move matters because Coca-Cola is a bellwether “consumer staples” name — a defensive corner of the market that tends to be sensitive to shifts in interest-rate expectations and year-end portfolio rebalancing. Holiday-thin trading across Wall Street kept price action narrow. The S&P 500 ended down 0.14% and the Nasdaq slipped 0.23% as Treasury yields ticked up, according to Reuters. “Solid corporate profits can
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T-Mobile stock closes higher again as year-end rotation lifts telecom — what traders watch next

T-Mobile stock closes higher again as year-end rotation lifts telecom — what traders watch next

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 20:30 ET — Market closed T-Mobile US shares edged higher on Tuesday, closing up 0.32% at $203.80. The stock ranged from $201.68 to $204.20, with about 2.95 million shares changing hands. Investing.com The steady grind higher matters because late-December trading is typically thinner, and small swings in sector positioning can move large-cap names. For T-Mobile, the bounce has put the stock back within reach of recent resistance levels after a choppy month. Telecom investors have also been reassessing what will drive returns in early 2026: pricing discipline, subscriber momentum and the interest-rate outlook that can
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Linde stock closes higher in thin year-end trade as Fed minutes reset rate bets

Linde stock closes higher in thin year-end trade as Fed minutes reset rate bets

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 20:17 ET — Market closed Linde plc shares closed up about 0.4% on Tuesday at $428.36. The Nasdaq-listed industrial gases maker traded between $423.31 and $429.46, with about 1.5 million shares changing hands. The muted move matters now because year-end positioning has thinned liquidity, making even small shifts in rates and risk appetite show up quickly in large-cap stocks. Investors are heading into the final U.S. trading session of 2025 with fresh signals on interest rates and a short list of economic releases that can move bond yields and equity valuations. Wall Street ended slightly
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IonQ stock steadies after South Korea 100-qubit Tempo deal as traders eye $45 level

IonQ stock steadies after South Korea 100-qubit Tempo deal as traders eye $45 level

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 20:25 ET — Market closed. IonQ Inc shares were last up about 0.2% at $45.31 after U.S. markets closed on Tuesday, as investors weighed a newly detailed system delivery agreement in South Korea. More than 13.5 million shares changed hands and the stock traded between $45.10 and $47.40. The agreement lands at a sensitive moment for the quantum computing trade. Investors have chased commercialization milestones — and punished perceived slippage — because most companies in the space are still early in converting research wins into durable revenue. Quantum “pure plays” have been volatile into year-end,
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Newmont stock today: NEM ends higher as gold rebounds after sharp year-end swings

Newmont stock today: NEM ends higher as gold rebounds after sharp year-end swings

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 20:23 ET — Market closed. Newmont Corp (NEM) shares closed up about 2% on Tuesday at $101.86, even as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended modestly lower in holiday-thin trade. Reuters The move matters heading into the final session of 2025 because Newmont’s stock remains tightly tethered to bullion, and gold has been whipping around on year-end position changes. That volatility has forced fast shifts in risk appetite across the mining sector, with miners often moving more than the metal itself as investors reset exposure. Spot gold rose 0.8% to $4,364.70 an ounce by mid-afternoon
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Applied Digital stock slides after ChronoScale cloud spinout plan with Ekso; APLD traders eye Jan. 7 earnings

Applied Digital stock slides after ChronoScale cloud spinout plan with Ekso; APLD traders eye Jan. 7 earnings

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 20:18 ET — Market closed Applied Digital shares fell 2.9% to $24.08 on Tuesday, retreating from early gains as investors weighed the company’s plan to spin out its cloud computing business into a proposed tie-up with Ekso Bionics. The Nasdaq-listed stock traded between $24.03 and $26.33, with about 25.5 million shares changing hands. The proposal matters because Applied Digital has become a high-volatility bet on the buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure. GPU clouds—built around graphics processing units that do much of the heavy lifting for AI training—demand large upfront spending and steady access to capital.
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Verizon stock edges higher in thin year-end trade as investors line up for Jan. 30 earnings

Verizon stock edges higher in thin year-end trade as investors line up for Jan. 30 earnings

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 20:15 ET — Market closed Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ) shares rose 0.54% to $40.70 at the close on Tuesday, after trading between $40.42 and $40.77. The stock was down 0.12% in late after-hours trading. StockAnalysis The move matters because Verizon is a widely held, cash-generative telecom name that investors often use for defensive exposure when trading turns choppy. With volumes thin into year-end, even small shifts in positioning can show up in steady, high-liquidity stocks such as Verizon. Communication services shares were among the biggest gainers on the S&P 500 even as the index
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PepsiCo stock price today: PEP holds $144 as Fed minutes cap year-end trading

PepsiCo stock price today: PEP holds $144 as Fed minutes cap year-end trading

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 20:02 ET — Market closed. PepsiCo (PEP.O) was last down 0.1% at $144.16 after the close on Tuesday, after ending the regular session at about $144.25. The stock traded between $143.81 and $145.22 during the session. The muted move matters now because markets are repricing the path for U.S. interest rates into 2026. Minutes released Tuesday from the Federal Reserve’s Dec. 9-10 meeting showed officials were deeply divided over a quarter-point cut that lowered the benchmark overnight rate to a 3.5% to 3.75% range. Reuters Those rate expectations can sway defensive consumer-staples names such as
31 December 2025
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American Airlines stock rises into year-end after Chicago O’Hare expansion plan; AAL earnings window ahead

American Airlines stock rises into year-end after Chicago O’Hare expansion plan; AAL earnings window ahead

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 19:53 ET — After-hours American Airlines Group Inc shares ended Tuesday up 1.25% at $15.33 and were unchanged in after-hours trading, when stocks trade electronically after the 4 p.m. ET close. MarketBeat The move follows a company update on its Chicago network, a key hub — an airport where airlines funnel flights to connect passengers. American said it will add 100 peak daily departures from O’Hare International Airport for spring break 2026, bringing March peak operations to more than 500 daily departures. American Airlines Newsroom Why it matters now: airlines are setting 2026 schedules and
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No $2,000 IRS stimulus check is coming in February 2026 — but Trump’s tariff-check talk keeps the rumors alive

No $2,000 IRS stimulus check is coming in February 2026 — but Trump’s tariff-check talk keeps the rumors alive

7 February 2026
The IRS has not announced new federal stimulus payments for February 2026, and Congress has not approved fresh checks. Trump told NBC he is considering $2,000 tariff rebate checks but has not committed, saying any payout would likely come later in 2026. The IRS warns taxpayers to ignore texts and emails about “stimulus payments” and verify notices through official channels.
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