NVIDIA Stock (NVDA) News Today: Amazon–OpenAI Trainium Talks, China’s MetaX IPO Surge, and Wall Street Forecasts (Dec. 17, 2025)
December 17, 2025 — NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is back in the spotlight as investors weigh two powerful forces moving the AI hardware market in opposite directions: continued expansion in AI infrastructure spending and accelerating competition from alternative chips and geopolitics. Early Wednesday, NVDA traded around $177.72, up about 0.7% on the session after opening near $176.12, with an intraday range roughly $176.48–$178.34. Below is what’s driving NVIDIA stock today, what analysts are forecasting for 2026, and the key risks that could determine whether NVDA breaks out—or stays stuck in consolidation. NVDA stock price today: what the market is signaling