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Toronto Stock Exchange News Dec. 20, 2025: TSX Hits Record Close as Metals and Tech Rally, 2026 Forecasts Turn Bullish

Toronto Stock Exchange News Dec. 20, 2025: TSX Hits Record Close as Metals and Tech Rally, 2026 Forecasts Turn Bullish

TORONTO — The Toronto Stock Exchange is heading into the final stretch of 2025 with momentum that’s hard to ignore—and harder to neatly explain with “Canada’s economy is gloomy” headlines alone. On the last trading day before this weekend, the S&P/TSX Composite Index closed at a record 31,755.77, up 1% on the day, 0.7% on the week, and 28.4% year-to-date, putting 2025 on track for its strongest annual gain since 2009. Reuters Because Dec. 20, 2025 falls on a Saturday, markets are closed today—meaning investors are using the weekend to digest Friday’s breakout, year-end positioning, and a flood of 2026
20 December 2025
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Cisco Stock (CSCO) News and Forecasts on Dec. 20, 2025: AI Networking Tailwinds, Security Zero‑Day Risk, and Fresh Wall Street Targets

Cisco Stock (CSCO) News and Forecasts on Dec. 20, 2025: AI Networking Tailwinds, Security Zero‑Day Risk, and Fresh Wall Street Targets

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is having a very 2025 moment: a legacy networking giant that spent years looking “mature” is suddenly back in the market’s spotlight—helped by the AI infrastructure buildout, a return to post–dot-com-era highs, and an investor-friendly capital return story. At the same time, Cisco is dealing with the kind of headline risk that follows security vendors everywhere: a critical, actively exploited vulnerability affecting certain Cisco email security products. Financial Times+2Canadian Centre for Cyber Security+2 As of the latest trade timestamp available on Saturday, December 20, 2025 (UTC), CSCO stock is around $78.42, up about 1.9% versus
20 December 2025
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Ondas Holdings (ONDS) Stock News and Forecasts as of Dec. 20, 2025: Roboteam Deal, Border-Drone Program, Analyst Targets, and the Risks Investors Are Watching

Ondas Holdings (ONDS) Stock News and Forecasts as of Dec. 20, 2025: Roboteam Deal, Border-Drone Program, Analyst Targets, and the Risks Investors Are Watching

Ondas Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ONDS) has become one of the more closely watched small-to-mid cap defense-tech names heading into the end of 2025, fueled by rapid-fire acquisition activity, new autonomous systems announcements, and unusually sharp share-price swings. As of the last trading session (Friday, Dec. 19, 2025), ONDS traded around the $9.22 level, with multiple outlets highlighting a 52-week range spanning roughly $0.57 to $11.70—an extreme spread that captures both the stock’s breakout year and its volatility. MarketBeat+1 Below is a comprehensive, news-style roundup of the latest Ondas Holdings stock developments, company forecasts, analyst targets, and the key debates shaping
20 December 2025
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Ciena Stock (CIEN) News, Forecasts and Analyst Targets as of Dec. 20, 2025: AI Networking Tailwinds Meet a Stretched Valuation Debate

Ciena Stock (CIEN) News, Forecasts and Analyst Targets as of Dec. 20, 2025: AI Networking Tailwinds Meet a Stretched Valuation Debate

Dec. 20, 2025 — Ciena Corporation (NYSE: CIEN) is ending the week in the middle of a classic “great company, pricey stock” argument. The networking supplier has become one of the market’s loudest beneficiaries of AI-era bandwidth buildouts, and investors have been rewarding it aggressively—sometimes enthusiastically, sometimes violently (in both directions). Because Dec. 20, 2025 falls on a Saturday, the latest official trading data reflects Friday’s close (Dec. 19). CIEN closed at $230.34, up 9.32% on the day after a choppy week. StockAnalysis What’s driving the conversation now: a blockbuster fiscal Q4 print, guidance that surprised to the upside, and
20 December 2025
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Rocket Lab Stock (RKLB) Hits a Record High After a Landmark $816M Missile-Tracking Satellite Deal: News, Forecasts, and What’s Next (Dec. 20, 2025)

Rocket Lab Stock (RKLB) Hits a Record High After a Landmark $816M Missile-Tracking Satellite Deal: News, Forecasts, and What’s Next (Dec. 20, 2025)

December 20, 2025 — Rocket Lab Corporation (NASDAQ: RKLB) is ending the week with the kind of headline every growth stock dreams about: a record close, a major U.S. national security contract, and renewed investor focus on the company’s longer-term “make-or-break” catalyst—Neutron, its next-generation medium-lift rocket. Shares surged into Friday’s close (the last trading session before today’s weekend), closing at $70.52, up 17.7% on the day and marking a new record. The move followed Rocket Lab’s announcement of its largest contract to date, a prime award tied to the U.S. Space Force’s proliferated missile-warning and missile-defense satellite architecture. MarketWatch+1 Below
20 December 2025
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Australia Stock Market Today (20 December 2025): ASX 200 Ends Week Higher as Tech and Banks Rebound, Uranium Surges, and ANZ Hit with Record $250m Penalty

Australia Stock Market Today (20 December 2025): ASX 200 Ends Week Higher as Tech and Banks Rebound, Uranium Surges, and ANZ Hit with Record $250m Penalty

Australia’s stock market is closed today, Saturday 20 December 2025, but investors head into the final, holiday-shortened stretch of the year with plenty to digest after Friday’s late rebound in tech and banks, a sharp turnaround in uranium names, and major regulatory headlines led by ANZ’s record penalty. Australian Securities Exchange+2Market Index+2 Below is a full wrap of the latest moves, the key corporate and macro drivers, and the near-term outlook as the market approaches Christmas with thinner liquidity and heightened sensitivity to global cues. Market Index+2IG+2 ASX 200 latest: Friday’s rebound lifted the benchmark, but the weekly streak snapped
20 December 2025
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Palo Alto Networks (PANW) Stock After Hours on Dec. 19, 2025: Google Cloud’s Multibillion-Dollar Deal, CyberArk Regulatory Update, and What to Watch Before the Next Market Open

Palo Alto Networks (PANW) Stock After Hours on Dec. 19, 2025: Google Cloud’s Multibillion-Dollar Deal, CyberArk Regulatory Update, and What to Watch Before the Next Market Open

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PANW) finished the regular session on Friday, December 19, 2025 at $186.88, up 0.54% on the day, and was trading modestly higher in the extended session at about $187.51 as of 7:59 p.m. ET. Volume was elevated at roughly 18.74 million shares, a notable pickup compared with recent sessions. StockAnalysis The after-hours tone comes after a headline-heavy day for the cybersecurity leader, led by an expanded Google Cloud partnership that Reuters described as approaching $10 billion over several years (per a source), plus a separate regulatory development tied to Palo Alto’s pending CyberArk acquisition. Reuters+1
20 December 2025
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Qualcomm (QCOM) Stock After Hours on Dec. 19, 2025: What Investors Need to Know Before the Next Market Open

Qualcomm (QCOM) Stock After Hours on Dec. 19, 2025: What Investors Need to Know Before the Next Market Open

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) ended Friday, December 19, 2025 on a constructive note—finishing the regular session higher and holding near unchanged in after-hours trading, even as semiconductor peers with heavier “AI beta” grabbed most of the spotlight. QCOM stock closed at $175.25, up 0.61%, and ticked up to about $175.47 in after-hours trading (as of 4:44 p.m. ET). Yahoo Finance Because December 19 is a Friday, U.S. markets are closed on Saturday—so the “next open” for most investors is Monday, December 22, 2025. Below is what mattered after the bell, what drove the day’s action, and what to watch next.
20 December 2025
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Palo Alto Networks Stock (PANW) in Focus: Google Cloud Deal “Approaching $10 Billion,” Analyst Targets, and What Comes Next (Dec. 19, 2025)

Palo Alto Networks Stock (PANW) in Focus: Google Cloud Deal “Approaching $10 Billion,” Analyst Targets, and What Comes Next (Dec. 19, 2025)

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PANW) stock is in the spotlight on Friday, December 19, 2025, after the cybersecurity leader and Google Cloud announced a major expansion of their partnership aimed at securing enterprise AI workloads—an area that boards and CISOs increasingly view as a “must-solve” risk. A source familiar with the agreement told Reuters the multiyear commitment is “approaching $10 billion,” making it the largest security-services deal Google Cloud has struck to date, though executives declined to confirm the exact figure publicly. Reuters With the headline partnership now moving from strategic collaboration to a deeper operational and product alignment,
19 December 2025
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Uber Stock (UBER) News, Forecasts and Analyst Outlook for Dec. 19, 2025: Robotaxis, AI Gains, and Legal Risk Take Center Stage

Uber Stock (UBER) News, Forecasts and Analyst Outlook for Dec. 19, 2025: Robotaxis, AI Gains, and Legal Risk Take Center Stage

Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) heads into the end of the week with its stock trading around $79 per share on Friday, December 19, 2025, down about 1% on the day—a reminder that even after a strong year, sentiment can turn quickly when investors are weighing disruptive technology and regulatory risk at the same time. Yahoo Finance The central debate around Uber stock in late 2025 is no longer just “rides vs. delivery.” It’s whether Uber can become the indispensable marketplace layer for autonomous mobility—or whether robotaxi operators (and, potentially, automakers) ultimately bypass aggregators and keep the economics for themselves.
19 December 2025
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US Stock Market Today (Dec. 19, 2025): S&P 500 and Nasdaq Climb on AI Rebound, Nike Slides, and “Triple Witching” Fuels Volatility

US Stock Market Today (Dec. 19, 2025): S&P 500 and Nasdaq Climb on AI Rebound, Nike Slides, and “Triple Witching” Fuels Volatility

Wall Street was higher in early-afternoon trading on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, as investors rotated back into megacap technology and semiconductors after a choppy mid-December stretch that had tested the market’s AI optimism. The upside came even as Nike’s sharp drop weighed on the Dow and traders navigated the extra cross-currents of “triple witching” — a high-volume expiration day for major equity and index derivatives that can amplify intraday swings. Reuters+2Bloomberg+2 US stock market snapshot around 1:14 p.m. ET By early afternoon in New York (around 1:14 p.m. ET), broad U.S. equity benchmarks were green, with tech leading the advance.
19 December 2025
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Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock Surges on $805M Space Force-Backed SDA Award as Launch Cadence Fuels Fresh Wall Street Debate

Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock Surges on $805M Space Force-Backed SDA Award as Launch Cadence Fuels Fresh Wall Street Debate

Rocket Lab Corporation (NASDAQ: RKLB) is back at the center of the public-space investing conversation on Friday, December 19, 2025, after a one-two catalyst combo: a major Space Development Agency (SDA) award tied to U.S. missile warning and tracking, and a rapidly executed U.S. Space Force launch that underscored Rocket Lab’s “responsive space” credibility. By late morning, RKLB was trading around $68, up roughly 14% on the day, and pushing toward fresh short-term highs. StockAnalysis+1 What’s notable is why the stock is moving: today’s rally isn’t just about rockets. It’s increasingly about Rocket Lab’s evolution into a full-stack space prime—launch
19 December 2025
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Stock Market Today

BAE Systems share price rises into weekend — what to watch before Monday’s London open

BAE Systems share price rises into weekend — what to watch before Monday’s London open

7 February 2026
BAE Systems shares closed up 1.2% at 1,879 pence on Friday, tracking gains in European defence stocks. The company’s market value stands near £54.8 billion. Investors await BAE’s full-year results on Feb. 18 for updates on cash returns and orders. GXO Logistics renewed and expanded its contract to support BAE’s Type 26 frigate program in Scotland.
Barclays share price jumps into earnings week as BoE rate-cut bets shift the story

Barclays share price jumps into earnings week as BoE rate-cut bets shift the story

7 February 2026
Barclays shares closed up 2.7% at 479.1 pence on Friday, outperforming the FTSE 100 ahead of next week’s full-year results. Trading volume was 18.8 million shares, well below the 50-day average. A split Bank of England vote on rates led traders to price in more UK rate cuts, sending sterling down 0.6%. Barclays announced non-executive director Mary Francis will retire in May.
Lloyds share price steadies after buyback update and BoE rate jitters — what to watch next week

Lloyds share price steadies after buyback update and BoE rate jitters — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Lloyds shares closed up 0.9% at 106.75 pence Friday after the bank announced fresh buybacks totaling 17 million shares over two days, all to be cancelled. The stock rebounded from a 5.6% drop Thursday as traders adjusted UK rate-cut bets. About 121 million Lloyds shares changed hands. Investors await the bank’s annual report on February 18 and the next Bank of England decision March 19.
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