NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 20:37 ET — Market closed.
- Walmart shares last closed up 0.1% at $111.74 on Friday.
- Investors head into a holiday-thinned week with Federal Reserve meeting minutes due Tuesday.
- Walmart’s next scheduled updates include a Jan. 13 conference appearance and a Feb. 19 earnings release.
Walmart Inc (WMT) shares last ended up 0.1% at $111.74 on Friday, after a muted post-Christmas session that left the stock stuck near recent lows.
The backdrop matters now because the final trading days of the year often bring lighter volumes, making price swings easier to exaggerate in large, widely held names like Walmart.
Investors’ main macro focus this week is the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting — a detailed record of the discussion — which can shift expectations for where interest rates go next.
“Handicapping how many rate cuts we’re going to get next year is a big thing markets are focused on right now,” said Michael Reynolds, vice president of investment strategy at Glenmede. Reuters
The Fed has cut its benchmark rate by 75 basis points — a basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point — over its last three meetings of 2025 to a range of 3.50% to 3.75%, Reuters reported.
Reuters also flagged that year-end portfolio adjustments can add volatility at a time when liquidity is thin.
In after-hours trading — transactions outside the regular U.S. session — Walmart was marked at $111.61, down 0.1%, according to Investing.com data.
Technically, the stock is about 5% below its 52-week high of $117.45 and well above its 52-week low of $79.81, underscoring how tightly it has traded into year-end.
Walmart has drifted lower through December, sliding from a close of $116.79 on Dec. 15 to $111.74 on Dec. 26, with buyers recently showing up around the $110–$111 area.
With no major company announcements on the calendar for the weekend, investors are looking ahead to scheduled updates where management may address demand trends, pricing and profit margins as the retail sector moves through the post-holiday period.
Walmart is due to appear at the 2026 ICR Conference on Jan. 13, the company’s events calendar shows.
Its next quarterly catalyst is the FY2026 fourth-quarter earnings release, scheduled for Feb. 19, according to the same calendar.
Before Monday’s open, traders will be watching for any shifts in rate expectations ahead of Tuesday’s Fed minutes, as well as a run of U.S. economic data that includes pending home sales on Monday and the Case-Shiller home price index on Tuesday, Barron’s reported.
On the chart, investors have been treating roughly $110 as near-term support, while the mid-December high around $117.45 remains the clearest upside reference point from the past year.
