Market Pauses for Christmas: Record Highs Precede Holiday Break, Fed’s Path and Key Data Ahead
The U.S. stock market observes a quiet Christmas Day on Thursday, December 25, 2025, with all major exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq, closed for the holiday. This pause follows a robust, holiday-shortened trading session on Wednesday, December 24, where major indexes continued their upward trajectory, reaching new record highs. Investors are now looking ahead to the reopening of markets on Friday, December 26, and the economic landscape that awaits in the final days of 2025 ...