NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 22:02 ET — Market closed
- Salesforce shares last closed up 0.3% at $266.08 in a muted post-holiday session. [1]
- Wall Street finished nearly flat on Friday as investors tracked the seasonal “Santa Claus rally” window. [2]
- Attention turns to U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve minutes that could sway rate expectations and tech valuations. [3]
Salesforce shares last closed up 0.3% at $266.08 on Friday, edging higher in light post-Christmas trading. [4]
The stock’s next directional cue may come less from company headlines and more from macro signals, with the final stretch of the year typically marked by thinner liquidity and outsized reactions to small shifts in interest-rate expectations. [5]
That matters for Salesforce because growth stocks in software often trade on how investors discount future cash flows — a calculation that becomes more sensitive when traders re-price the path of U.S. rates. [6]
In the broader market, all three major U.S. indexes ended nominally lower on Friday, and trading volume was below recent averages, Reuters reported. [7]
Investors have also been watching for signs of a so-called Santa Claus rally — a seasonal pattern in which the S&P 500 tends to rise through the last five trading days of the year and the first two of the next. [8]
“We had a very strong five-day rally, so in a way we’re just simply catching our breath today after the holiday,” said Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist at Carson Group. [9]
Over the weekend, global markets focus shifted toward whether the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes reinforce expectations for rate cuts in 2026, Reuters reported. [10]
A holiday-shortened U.S. calendar keeps attention on economic releases before the New Year. Barron’s flagged pending home sales on Monday, the Fed minutes on Tuesday and manufacturing and construction indicators later in the week, with no major corporate earnings expected. [11]
Salesforce, best known for customer relationship management software, has spent much of 2025 pitching “AI agents” — software designed to complete tasks autonomously — as a new growth lever. [12]
Earlier this month, the company raised its fiscal 2026 revenue and adjusted profit forecasts, citing stronger enterprise demand for its Agentforce platform, Reuters reported. [13]
Salesforce has pointed to rapid growth in annual recurring revenue, or ARR — subscription revenue expected over a year — from its Agentforce and Data 360 products, while analysts have pressed the company on how quickly experiments turn into paid deployments. [14]
Ahead of Monday’s U.S. open, traders will be watching whether Salesforce holds recent levels as liquidity returns after the holiday lull and as rate expectations shift with incoming data. [15]
U.S. exchanges will be closed on Thursday, Jan. 1, for New Year’s Day, according to the NYSE holiday calendar, compressing trading into a shortened week. [16]
The next major company catalyst is the next earnings report, which is expected around Feb. 25, 2026 based on past reporting patterns, according to Zacks. Investors will be looking for updated guidance and evidence that AI-agent adoption is translating into measurable revenue. [17]
References
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