US stock market today: The benchmark indices in the United States (US), the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq, dropped during the early trading session on Wall Street on Wednesday, 31 December 2025, for the final trading session of the year 2025, ahead of a market holiday.
The US stock indices opened flat after a year of highly volatile sessions throughout the year 2025, driven by the tariff war-related uncertainty after US President Donald Trump's White House comeback and the artificial intelligence (AI) rally.
At 9:30 a.m. (EDT) opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.01% to open at 48,371.52 points. The S&P 500 index was up 0.04% to open at 6,898.82 points, while the Nasdaq Composite index gained 0.01% to open at 23,420.853 points, according to the stock market data.
When is the next stock market holiday?
The US stock market indices are scheduled to remain closed for the trading session on 1 Janaury 2025, on account of the New Year's holiday as people will welcome the year 2026.
People will start celebrating the turn of the calendar on New Year's Eve, 31 December, into the new year 2026.
Dow Jones today
The Dow Jones Industrial Average index was trading 0.29% lower at 48,225.66 points as of 10:43 p.m. (EDT) on the final trading day of the year, compared to 48,367.06 points at the previous market close, MarketWatch data shows.
Nike Inc., Nvidia Corp., and Verizon Communications Inc. were the top gainers during Wednesday's Wall Street session.
While others like International Business Machines Corp., McDonald's Corp., Walt Disney Co., Boeing Co., Microsoft Corp., Amazon, Travelers Cos. Inc., Amgen Inc., Walmart Inc., Merch & Co. Inc., Chevron Corp., 3M Co., Visa Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Salesforce Inc., and UnitedHealth Group Inc. were among the top laggards as per the early trading session.
S&P 500 today
The S&P 500 index was down 0.35% to 6,872.29 points as of 11:09 a.m. (EDT), compared to 6,896.24 points at the previous market close, according to the MarketWatch data.
Molina Healthcare Inc., Nike Inc., Lamb Weston Holdings Inc., TransDigm Group Inc., Southwest Airlines Co., Builders FirstSource Inc., Centene Corp., Elevance Health Inc., Wynn Resorts Ltd., and Sandisk Corp. were the gainers on the index.
Companies like EQT Corp., Expand Energy Corp., Moderna Inc., Global Payments Inc., BXP Inc., Universal Health Services Inc., Valero Energy Corp., Qnity Electronics Inc., Micron Technology Inc., and Coterra Energy Inc. were among the laggards on Wednesday's US market session.
Nasdaq today
The Nasdaq Composite was trading 0.33% lower at 23,340.77 points as of 11:16 a.m. (EDT), compared to 23,419.08 points at the previous market close, according to MarketWatch data.
Intelligent Bio Solutions, ESH Acquisition Corp., Anghami Inc., CN Healthy Food Tech Group Corp., Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc., Datavault Al Inc., Sidus Space Inc., Oriental Rise Holdings, Amimei Health Technology Co., and Smart Logistics Global Ltd were among the top gainers on Wednesday.
While others like Triller Group Inc., Corcept Therapeutics Inc., SM (Security Matters) Plc., Delixy Holdings Ltd, MultiSensor Al Holdings Inc., Zhongchao Inc., Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco Inc., WORK Medical Technology Group Ltd., Fitell Corp., and X3 Holdings Co. Ltd were among the laggards.
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