NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 4:11 PM ET — After-hours
- Meta Platforms closed down 0.5% as megacap tech cooled in thin year-end trade.
- The Nasdaq and S&P 500 slipped from record territory as investors locked in gains.
- Traders are watching Fed minutes and jobless claims in a holiday-shortened week.
Meta Platforms shares ended Monday’s regular session down 0.5% at $659.88, after swinging between $654.40 and $660.19. Volume was about 6.1 million shares, roughly in line with recent daily trading.
The Facebook-owner’s dip tracked a broader pullback from record highs as 2025 winds down, with investors paring exposure to heavyweight growth names after last week’s rally.
U.S. stocks edged lower, with the Nasdaq Composite off 0.5% and the S&P 500 down 0.3% by the close. “The broader market is looking at the strength of last week and selling off as we head into year-end,” said Rob Haworth, senior investment strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management. Reuters
Why it matters now: there are only a handful of sessions left in the year, when volumes often thin out and portfolio managers rebalance holdings. That can amplify moves in index heavyweights like Meta.
The drift lower also kept pressure on the “Magnificent Seven” — a shorthand for the biggest U.S. tech stocks that have dominated index performance — with Nvidia and Tesla among the day’s notable decliners. Markets will also parse the Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes and weekly jobless claims in an otherwise light week, with U.S. markets shut on Thursday for New Year’s Day. Reuters
For Meta, Monday’s move came with no fresh company announcement in the public domain, leaving the stock to trade largely as a proxy for risk appetite in big-cap tech.
That sensitivity has been heightened in recent months as investors debate whether rising artificial intelligence infrastructure spending will keep paying off in advertising growth. Meta has previously pointed to higher capital spending tied to its AI buildout.
In the near term, traders said the tape is offering its own signposts. A drop back toward Monday’s low in the mid-$650s would put late-December support in focus, while a push above $660 would test the upper end of the day’s range.
Looking ahead, Meta has not posted any upcoming investor events on its website, leaving the timing of its next earnings update unconfirmed.
Wall Street earnings calendars, which use historical reporting patterns, currently peg Meta’s next report for early February.
Until then, traders are likely to take cues from the broader market: rates expectations, year-end positioning, and whether megacap tech demand returns as the calendar turns.
