"As the markets embrace their curtain call for 2025, they are lower across the board but remain on pace for a solid full-year performance. Each of the three major stock market averages are down fractionally, including the Nasdaq Composite. However, for the year, the markets maintained momentum, posting double-digit percentage gains. In 2025, the Nasdaq Composite advanced 21.1% while the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 17.1% and 13.5%, respectively."
"Alongside the final day of stock market trading in 2025 emerges another milestone: Warren Buffett's final day at the helm of his company, Berkshire Hathaway ( NYSE: BRK- B) as CEO. On the economic front, U.S. initial jobless claims dropped to 199,000 for the week ending December 27, coming in well below the consensus estimate of 218,000. According to reports, Nvidia ( Nasdaq: NVDA) is in talks with Taiwan Semiconductor ( NYSE: TSM) to bolster production of its H200 GPUs,"
U.S. stock indexes traded fractionally lower on the final trading day of 2025 while delivering double-digit gains for the year, with the Nasdaq up 21.1%, the S&P 500 up 17.1% and the Dow up 13.5%. Warren Buffett stepped down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway on the final trading day. Weekly initial jobless claims fell to 199,000 for the week ending December 27, below the consensus estimate of 218,000. Nvidia is negotiating with Taiwan Semiconductor to increase production of H200 GPUs after orders totaled about 2 million units versus roughly 700,000 in current inventory. Individual movers included Micron sliding 2%, AppLovin down 1% after a 111% year-to-date gain, and Nike rising 1.7% amid insider buying.
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