The S & P 500 finished the year up 16%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 19%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed out 2025 up 13%. A dip in each of the indexes on Wednesday left markets lower in the year’s final trading session.

Wall Street fell on the final day of trading for 2025, a banner year for markets that was driven by both optimism and uncertainty

Nvidia NVDA stock moved up 0.3% premarket Wednesday, looking to snap a two-day losing streak. Shares are pulling back to their 50-day moving average, a key support level to watch.

Some corners of Wall Street were hoping 2025 would be the year that investors finally ditched money-market funds for other areas of the market. So much for hope. After setting fresh records all year,

Heading into any period of uncertainty (which I’d argue can basically account for any period in the future investors have reason to believe could be worse than the prior), 2026 will undoubtedly be an interesting year for traders and investors.

Darin Newsom, senior market analyst with Barchart says grain markets are just slightly higher after the rally in soybeans on Wednesday tied to President Trump’s social media post. President Trump confirmed Thursday that he’ll be meeting with China’s ...