NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 09:39 ET — Regular session
- Meta shares down 0.65% early Monday at $658.97.
- U.S. stocks opened lower, with the Nasdaq off 0.76% at the bell.
- Investors are looking ahead to Federal Reserve meeting minutes due Tuesday.
Meta Platforms (META.O) shares fell 0.65% to $658.97 in early trading on Monday.
The dip came as Wall Street opened lower in the final week of 2025, with technology shares giving back some of last week’s gains. The Nasdaq was down 0.76% at the open and the S&P 500 fell 0.38%, Reuters reported.
Moves can look outsized at the end of December, when liquidity is thin and portfolio managers rebalance holdings before the calendar turns. Investors are also trying to pin down the path for U.S. interest rates, a key swing factor for big, fast-growing tech stocks.
That focus sharpens this week with the release of the Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes on Tuesday — a detailed account of the central bank’s debate — and weekly jobless claims on Thursday, Reuters reported. U.S. markets are closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day.
Before the bell, stock-index futures pointed to a weaker open and several megacap names — the biggest companies by market value — were lower, including Nvidia, Oracle and Tesla, according to Reuters.
“Momentum is certainly on the side of the bulls,” said Paul Nolte, senior wealth adviser and market strategist at Murphy & Sylvest Wealth Management. Reuters
The Fed has lowered its benchmark rate by 75 basis points — three-quarters of a percentage point — over its last three meetings of 2025 to 3.50%-3.75%, Reuters reported, and markets remain sensitive to any hint that the pace of easing may change in 2026.
For Meta, the next major swing factor is its next earnings report and any update on spending tied to artificial intelligence infrastructure. In its third-quarter report in October, the company said it expected fourth-quarter revenue of $56 billion to $59 billion.
Meta also pegged 2025 capital expenditures — capex, or spending on property and equipment such as data centers — at $70 billion to $72 billion. It said it expected capex dollar growth to be “notably larger” in 2026 as compute needs expand. Meta Investor
The stock opened at $658.00 and traded between $655.75 and $659.41 in early dealings, according to StockAnalysis.com.
Meta shares are about 17% below their 52-week high of $796.25 and about 37% above their 52-week low of $479.80, based on Investing.com’s range data.
Meta’s investor relations calendar currently lists no upcoming events, leaving investors to watch for an earnings-date announcement as reporting season approaches.
The broader backdrop is a market rotation — a shift of investor money between sectors — after a strong year for U.S. stocks. Reuters has reported that the S&P 500 tech sector is down more than 3% since the start of November as money flowed into areas such as financials, healthcare and small caps.
Traders will be watching whether megacap tech stabilizes after the opening dip, and whether the Fed minutes reinforce expectations for further rate cuts in 2026 — a read-through that can ripple quickly into the highest-valued parts of the market, including Meta.
