{"id":56568,"date":"2025-11-27T17:09:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T21:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodayus-stock-market-closed-for-thanksgiving-rate-cut-hopes-drive-pre-holiday-gains\/56568\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T17:09:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T21:09:16","slug":"dowjonestodayus-stock-market-closed-for-thanksgiving-rate-cut-hopes-drive-pre-holiday-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodayus-stock-market-closed-for-thanksgiving-rate-cut-hopes-drive-pre-holiday-gains\/56568\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]US Stock Market Closed for Thanksgiving; Rate Cut Hopes Drive Pre-Holiday Gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. stock market is <strong>closed today, Thursday, November 27, 2025<\/strong>, in observance of the <strong>Thanksgiving holiday<\/strong>. Both the New York Stock Exchange (<a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/exchanges\/nyse\/today\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"NYSE Today\">NYSE<\/a>) and Nasdaq are shut down for the full day, with trading set to resume on Friday, November 28, for a shortened session.<\/p>\n<p>Leading into the holiday, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/indices\/dowjones\/today\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Dow Jones Today\">Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average (^DJI)<\/strong> concluded its last full trading session on Wednesday, November 26, with significant gains, rising <strong>314.67 points (0.67%)<\/strong> to close at <strong>47427.12<\/strong>. This upward momentum was largely driven by pervasive <strong>investor optimism for a potential Federal Reserve interest rate cut in December<\/strong>. Traders are reportedly betting on a high probability of such a cut, which has fueled a broader rally across U.S. indices and global markets. Dow Futures (<a href=\"\/stock\/YM=F\">YM=F<\/a>) were nearly unchanged in early Thursday trading, reflecting the holiday pause.<\/p>\n<p>The positive sentiment before the holiday weekend led to strong performances for several Dow components. Among the biggest gainers were <strong>Boeing (<a href=\"\/stock\/BA\">BA<\/a>)<\/strong>, which climbed <strong>2.46%<\/strong>, <strong>Walmart (<a href=\"\/stock\/WMT\">WMT<\/a>)<\/strong> up <strong>2.07%<\/strong>, and <strong>Microsoft (<a href=\"\/stock\/MSFT\">MSFT<\/a>)<\/strong> rising <strong>2.04%<\/strong>. Conversely, some stocks experienced declines in the last session, with <strong>Salesforce (<a href=\"\/stock\/CRM\">CRM<\/a>)<\/strong> falling <strong>2.51%<\/strong>, <strong>Merck (<a href=\"\/stock\/MRK\">MRK<\/a>)<\/strong> down <strong>0.73%<\/strong>, and <strong>3M (<a href=\"\/stock\/MMM\">MMM<\/a>)<\/strong> dropping <strong>0.43%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. stock market is closed today, Thursday, November 27, 2025, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. 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