Caterpillar Stock (CAT) Holds Near $583 as U.S. Markets Stay Closed — Latest News, Analyst Forecasts, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open
NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 2:15 p.m. ET — Market Closed New York Stock Exchange Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) enters the final, holiday-shortened stretch of the year with its shares hovering around the mid-$580s, leaving investors to weigh two competing narratives: a powerful 2025 rally driven by improving industrial sentiment and data-center-linked power demand, versus familiar cyclical risks tied to construction, mining, interest rates, and tariffs. With U.S. equity markets closed for the weekend, the next major price discovery for Caterpillar stock arrives when the NYSE’s core trading session reopens Monday at 9:30 a.m. ET. New York Stock Exchange Caterpillar