Wall Street edges higher in thin post-holiday trade

Wall Street edges higher in thin post-holiday trade

By Sabrina Valle and Pranav Kashyap

Fri November 28, 2025 4:37 PM 

The high hopes for a December rate cut continue to push the indexes higher and higher as for the fifth day we’re into 3-digit gains. It was enough for all three indexes to see gains for the week from 3-5% and, despite the setbacks from the past couple weeks, the Dow and S&P still eked out modest gains for the month, the Nasdaq not so lucky with a 1.5% dip for the month showing that the concerns over a possible AI bubble are still in force. As a post-holiday and shortened trading day, volume was quite light, coming in per the CBOE at 9.2 billion vs the 19.49 average. 

DJ: 47,427.12  +314.67       NAS: 23,214.69  +189.10        S&P: 6,812.61  +46.73         11/26

DJ: 47,716.42  +289.30       NAS: 23,365.69  +151.00        S&P: 6,849.09  +36.48         11/28

Fri 11-28-25 4:37 pm Wall Street edges higher in thin post-holiday trade | Reuters