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Stock Market News 29 December 2025

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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Coupang stock in focus after $1.18 billion data-leak voucher plan

Coupang stock in focus after $1.18 billion data-leak voucher plan

NEW YORK, Dec 28, 2025, 21:31 ET — Market closed Coupang (CPNG) said it will roll out vouchers worth 1.69 trillion won ($1.18 billion) to South Korean users after a data leak, a move likely to keep the New York-listed e-commerce group’s shares in focus when U.S. trading resumes. Coupang shares closed Friday up 6.5% at $24.27. Reuters The compensation package is large enough to raise questions about near-term costs, even though vouchers are not the same as a cash payout. It also lands as lawmakers and regulators in South Korea press the company over data protection. Reuters+1 The announcement
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Stock Market Today

Walmart stock jumps to $131 as traders brace for CPI and Feb. 19 earnings

Walmart stock jumps to $131 as traders brace for CPI and Feb. 19 earnings

7 February 2026
Walmart shares rose 3.3% Friday to $131.18, up 10% since Jan. 30, as the Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time. The retailer’s market value crossed $1 trillion this week. Investors await January inflation data on Feb. 13 and Walmart’s quarterly results on Feb. 19 for signs of continued momentum.
Caterpillar stock price jumps 7% to $726 as Dow cracks 50,000 — what matters next week

Caterpillar stock price jumps 7% to $726 as Dow cracks 50,000 — what matters next week

7 February 2026
Caterpillar shares surged 7.1% to $726.20 Friday, driving the Dow above 50,000 for the first time. The move erased recent losses and followed insider selling by Group President Bob De Lange earlier in the week. Deere and CNH Industrial also gained as investors rotated into industrial stocks. Markets await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data.
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