{"id":57383,"date":"2025-12-25T15:09:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T19:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-reflects-holiday-cheer-from-previous-session-as-markets-close-for-christmas\/57383\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T15:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T19:09:20","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-reflects-holiday-cheer-from-previous-session-as-markets-close-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-reflects-holiday-cheer-from-previous-session-as-markets-close-for-christmas\/57383\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Reflects Holiday Cheer from Previous Session as Markets Close for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. financial markets are <strong>closed today, Thursday, December 25th, 2025<\/strong>, in observance of the Christmas holiday. Therefore, there is no live trading data for the <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/indices\/dowjones\/today\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Dow Jones Today\">Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average for today. The market activity and data provided reflect the <strong>previous trading session, Wednesday, December 24th, 2025<\/strong>, which saw the Dow Jones Index (^DJI) rise <strong>288.75 points (0.5961%)<\/strong> to <strong>48731.16<\/strong>. Dow Futures (YM=F) were last at <strong>49029.00<\/strong>, showing no change due to the holiday closure.<\/p>\n<p>The primary narrative driving the market during the last trading session was a continuation of the &quot;Santa Claus rally,&quot; fueled by sustained <strong>investor confidence<\/strong> in the economy&#39;s resilience and expectations of potential Federal Reserve interest rate cuts in the coming year. This broad-based rally saw major indices, including the Dow Jones, reach record highs in a holiday-shortened session. While overall sentiment was positive, there was also a notable <strong>rotation out of high-flying technology stocks<\/strong> and into more cyclical and value-oriented names, partly influenced by specific company performances in the tech sector.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of this market sentiment, several Dow components posted significant gains. <strong>Nike<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/NKE\">NKE<\/a>) was the biggest gainer, surging <strong>4.64%<\/strong>, reportedly boosted by news of a sizable share purchase by Apple CEO Tim Cook. Other strong performers included <strong>Merck<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/MRK\">MRK<\/a>), up <strong>1.34%<\/strong>, <strong>Disney<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/DIS\">DIS<\/a>), which rose <strong>1.11%<\/strong>, <strong>Goldman Sachs<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/GS\">GS<\/a>) gaining <strong>1.01%<\/strong>, and <strong>Verizon<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/VZ\">VZ<\/a>) increasing <strong>1.00%<\/strong>. Conversely, some technology-linked stocks experienced declines as investors reallocated capital. The biggest loser among Dow components was <strong>Nvidia<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/NVDA\">NVDA<\/a>), down <strong>0.61%<\/strong>, followed by <strong>Cisco<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/CSCO\">CSCO<\/a>), which fell <strong>0.18%<\/strong>. <strong>Amazon<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/AMZN\">AMZN<\/a>) and <strong>Honeywell<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/HON\">HON<\/a>) also saw slight dips of <strong>-0.06%<\/strong> each, with <strong>Chevron<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/CVX\">CVX<\/a>) marginally lower by <strong>-0.01%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. financial markets are closed today, Thursday, December 25th, 2025, in observance of the Christmas holiday. 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