Wall St Week Ahead S&P 500 eyes 7,000 mark as investors look for upbeat end to strong 2025

Wall St Week Ahead S&P 500 eyes 7,000 mark as investors look for upbeat end to strong 2025

By Lewis Krauskopf

Fri December 26, 2025 6:03 AM

On this day after Christmas, I completely forgot that the market was open today. The financial media must have also been short-staffed on this shortened week because the above headline was all I could find, none of the usual daily market summaries.  But looking at the charts, it’s apparent that all the indexes were flat today which is understandable given the fact that no one’s home. So we’ll just confine this report to the closing numbers and making a note that per the CBOE, volume came in at a mere 10.5 billion, way below 16.6 average, and that too should surprise anyone. 

DJ: 48,731.81  +289.40        NAS: 23,613.31  +51.46        S&P: 6,932.13  +22.34           12/24

DJ: 48,710.97  -20.19           NAS: 23,593.10  -20.21         S&P: 6,929.94  -2.11             12/26

6:03 a.m. 12/26/25 Wall St Week Ahead S&P 500 eyes 7,000 mark as investors look for upbeat end to strong 2025 | Reuters

S&P 500, Dow hit all-time closing highs; gold, silver touch records

S&P 500, Dow hit all-time closing highs; gold, silver touch records

By Stephen Culp

Wed December 24, 2025 4:51 PM  

As has been the trend this week, the Santa Claus rally is going strong as all the indexes were straight up again today, especially the Dow with a handsome 3-digit gain, new records for both the Dow and S&P. Because of seasonal holiday hiring, jobless claims dropped this week but, surprisingly, continuing claims also rose. For the big picture, our expert tells us, “It’s been a good year for stocks and it’s been a super year for precious metals” as today we saw gold rise to just below the $4500 mark.  

S&P registers record close as growth stocks advance

S&P registers record close as growth stocks advance

By Chuck Mikolajczak

Tue December 23, 2025 6:07 PM

The market continues to benefit from Micron’s boost and a resurging confidence in AI reflected in yet another boost to Nvidia to the tune of 3% as well as 1% boosts to each of Amazon, Alphabet and Broadcom. But by far the biggest news was the Q3 GDP report which came in way higher than the estimate, 4.3% vs 3.3%, showing once again the resilience of the economy. But consumer confidence threw a damper on all this as it fell due to deepening concerns over jobs and income. Factory production also remained unchanged after falling in October.  

Wall Street advances with broad gains, tech gains continue

Wall Street advances with broad gains, tech gains continue

By Chuck Mikolajczak

Mon December 22, 2025 7:08 PM  

The indexes shot straight up today and stayed there on yet another round of exuberance driven by Micron and lower than expected inflation. Also boosting was Nvidia’s announcement that its more powerful AI chips will begin shipping to China in February, lending ever more credence to AI after its very brief lapse. The VIX has fallen to its lowest level in over a year and the annual Santa Claus starts on Wednesday, which since 1950 has seen the S&P rise another 1.3%.  

Stocks rise with tech boost, yen weakens after Japan rate hike

Stocks rise with tech boost, yen weakens after Japan rate hike

By Sinéad Carew and Iain Withers

Fri December 19, 2025 4:45 PM

I’ve been out all day and all night so this will be a very truncated reported. Basically, it was a good with 3-digit gains all around. Basically it was a good day with Micron euphoria spilling into a second day. AI is seen in a favorable light again. U of M consumer sentiment came in below estimates but above November’s. Per the CBOE, volume came in at a whopping 26.6 billion, way above the 16.9 average, suggesting this might have been another triple-witching day. 

DJ: 47,951.85  +65.88         NAS: 23,006.36  +313.04        S&P: 6,774.76  +53.33        12/18

DJ: 48,134.89  +183.04       NAS: 23,307.62  +301.26        S&P: 6,834.50  +59.74        12/19

Fri 12-19-25 4:45 pm Stocks rise with tech boost, yen weakens after Japan rate hike | Reuters

Wall St closes higher fueled by tech rally, soft inflation data

Wall St closes higher fueled by tech rally, soft inflation data

By Abigail Summerville and Johann M Cherian

Thu December 18, 2025 4:52 PM  

Today tech did quite well with a handsome 3-digit lead on the Nasdaq, all from AI once again become the darling of Wall Street. If all they needed was a small positive sign, that came today with Micron signaling a blowout forecast. The chip index climbed 2.6%. Adding to the momentum was the CPI report showing prices increased less than expected, thus encouraging the hopes for more rate cuts starting in March.  

Wall Street closes lower as AI funding jitters drag tech stocks

Wall Street closes lower as AI funding jitters drag tech stocks

By Abigail Summerville and Johann M Cherian

Wed December 17, 2025 4:34 PM  

Yet again AI anxiety has swept the markets as for the fourth day major 3-digit drops have plagued the indexes. Major players have seen their share prices plunge, a behemoth like Amazon announcing a major $10B investment while giant Oracle suffered when announcing a major AI investor has pulled out. All in all, the entire chip index fell, even champions Nvidia and Broadcom.