Applied Materials (AMAT) Stock Week Ahead: Holiday-Shortened Trading, AI Equipment Demand Signals, and China Export-Curb Crosswinds (Dec 22–26, 2025)
Dec. 21, 2025 — Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) heads into a holiday-shortened trading week with its stock near recent highs, investors focused on two big, competing forces: AI-driven wafer-fab equipment demand and ongoing U.S.-China export-control uncertainty. AMAT last traded
