NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 11:29 ET — Market closed
- Cisco ended the last session of 2025 down 0.5% at $77.03.
- U.S. stock markets are shut for New Year’s Day; trading resumes Friday.
- Traders are eyeing early-January economic data and Cisco’s next earnings window.
Cisco Systems, Inc. shares ended the last trading day of 2025 down 0.5% at $77.03. U.S. stock markets are closed on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday.
The modest move keeps Cisco on watchlists as trading reopens in 2026. The company sells across networking and security, two categories investors track for signals on corporate tech budgets.
Cisco’s dip came as Wall Street ended 2025’s final session lower after a strong year for U.S. equities, Reuters reported. Tech shares led pockets of late-day weakness in the holiday-thinned tape.
Arista Networks, another data-center networking supplier, fell about 1.1% in the same session. Moves in the group often follow shifts in expectations for cloud and enterprise infrastructure spending.
The NYSE and Nasdaq are closed on Jan. 1 and are scheduled to reopen on Jan. 2, MarketWatch reported. In fixed income, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommended an early close at 2 p.m. ET on Dec. 31 and a full closure on Jan. 1.
On the chart, Cisco sits above key trend gauges technicians monitor. Barchart data show the stock’s 50-day moving average — an average closing price over the past 50 sessions — around $75.64, with the 200-day near $67.66.
The last major company catalyst dates to November, when Cisco raised its annual forecast, pointing to demand tied to cloud infrastructure. Cisco said it expects fiscal 2026 revenue of $60.2 billion to $61.0 billion and adjusted earnings per share of $4.08 to $4.14.
“We are seeing a growing pipeline in excess of $2 billion for our high-performance networking products,” CEO Chuck Robbins said on a post-earnings call. Cisco also said it secured more than $2 billion in AI-related orders in fiscal 2025, nearly all from hyperscalers — the largest cloud companies. Reuters
With no fresh company news crossing the tape on Thursday, Cisco’s next move is likely to hinge on broader risk appetite as traders return from the holiday and reposition into the first week of January.
Before Friday’s reopen, investors will watch whether new-year flows extend the 2025 rally or trigger profit-taking in large-cap tech and AI infrastructure names. Any swing in rate expectations tends to hit longer-duration growth stocks first.
Early-January data is next on the macro calendar. The ISM manufacturing PMI report for December 2025 is due Monday at 10 a.m. ET, and the U.S. jobs report for December is scheduled for Jan. 9 at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Further out, the Federal Reserve’s first policy meeting of 2026 is set for Jan. 27-28. Cisco’s next earnings date has not been confirmed by the company, but Nasdaq’s earnings calendar estimates a report around Feb. 11 — a read for investors on order momentum and guidance into the back half of fiscal 2026.
For now, technicians will be watching whether Cisco holds above the $75–$76 area around its 50-day average, with the 200-day near $68 as a longer-term reference point if risk appetite weakens.
