On December 22, 2025, U.S. stock futures went up, starting a short holiday trading week with good news from tech stocks. Before the market opened, the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all went up, thanks to AI leaders like Nvidia and Oracle. Investors are looking for a possible Santa Claus rally as worries about inflation ease.
Futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 rose by 0.3%, and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 0.2%. Before the market opened, Nvidia shares went up more than 1%. Micron Technology shares went up 3%, and Oracle shares went up 2% after a deal with TikTok that involved its software. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both went up last week, by 0.8% and 1.3%, respectively. The Dow, on the other hand, went down by 0.7%.
AI stocks bounced back after doing poorly recently. Oracle’s stock rose sharply after the U.S. TikTok operations were moved to a joint venture that includes Silver Lake. Nvidia also bounced back as the tech sector as a whole started to recover, but analysts point out that the company’s high valuations and competition risks. Portfolio managers say that the end-of-year grind has turned into churn, which makes them question whether AI will keep going strong.
There won’t be much trading in the last two weeks of 2025 because there won’t be many earnings or data releases. However, history says that late December is a good time to make money. The S&P 500 is close to important technical levels, and gold and silver prices are rising because of tensions around the world. On Christmas Eve, markets close early at 1 p.m. ET, and on Christmas Day, they close completely.
