CONCLUDED Stock Market News From Dec. 30, 2025: S&P 500 Falls for Third Day Oil Futures Settle Lower in Sluggish Trade By Anthony Harrup, Dow Jones Newswires Oil futures relinquish early gains and settle modestly lower in light trade, with February Brent going off the board little changed at $61.92 a barrel and the March contract falling 0.3$61.33. "The catalyst for the upside now would be geopolitical risk, with Saudi Arabia, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Iran and Nigeria all generating ...