Stock futures are little changed as traders absorb shaky U.S. economic data: Live updates

Stock futures are little changed as traders absorb shaky U.S. economic data: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York on December 16, 2025. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Stock futures traded near the flatline after the S&P 500 fell Tuesday, as investors weighed newly released U.S. economic data. S&P 500 futures slipped 0.08%. … Read more

U.S. crude oil drops below $55 a barrel, hits lowest level since early 2021

U.S. crude oil drops below  a barrel, hits lowest level since early 2021

Oil prices held on to most gains from the previous session in early trading on Thursday as investors awaited U.S.-China trade talks later in the day. Anton Petrus | Moment | Getty Images U.S. crude oil on Tuesday fell below $55 per barrel, hitting the lowest level since early 2021 as traders factor in a … Read more

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Pfizer, Roku, Kraft Heinz & more

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Pfizer, Roku, Kraft Heinz & more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Pfizer — The pharma giant issued disappointing 2026 earnings guidance. Pfizer a profit between $2.80 per share and $3 per share for the coming year. Analysts polled by LSEG expected earnings per share of $3.05 for 2026. The company also reaffirmed its 2025 outlook. Shares hovered … Read more

Treasury yields fall as markets await key jobs report

Treasury yields fall as markets await key jobs report

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 11, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. Treasury yields fell on Tuesday as investors prepared for a batch of key economic releases, including the November nonfarm payrolls report, unemployment numbers, and October retail sales. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield … Read more

Korea Zinc sinks 13% as largest shareholder group challenges U.S.-backed plans for Tennessee smelter

Korea Zinc sinks 13% as largest shareholder group challenges U.S.-backed plans for Tennessee smelter

Piotr Swat | Lightrocket | Getty Images Korea Zinc shares plunged over 13% on Tuesday, as its largest shareholder is reportedly opposing plans to create a U.S.-backed joint venture that will see a dilution of its equity stake in the South Korean company. Shares of the world’s largest zinc smelting company had climbed over 26% … Read more

China’s retail sales growth sharply misses estimates in November, deepening consumption worries

China’s retail sales growth sharply misses estimates in November, deepening consumption worries

19 November 2025, China, Shanghai: Boats sail past downtown Shanghai on the Huangpu River. The tallest building on the skyline is the Shanghai Tower (rear). Bernd von Jutrczenka | Picture Alliance | Getty Images China’s economic slowdown deepened in November with consumption, investment and industrial output growth falling short of expectations, as authorities sought to … Read more

Asia-Pacific markets set for lower open ahead of key data from China and Japan

Asia-Pacific markets set for lower open ahead of key data from China and Japan

Aerial view of vehicles being driven on the road through the central business district in Beijing, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open lower Monday, after Wall Street declined Friday stateside as investors took a breather from the AI trade. “[Friday] is a value-outperforms-growth day,” said Jed … Read more

Stock futures are little changed as big week of economic data kicks off: Live updates

Stock futures are little changed as big week of economic data kicks off: Live updates

A television station broadcasts the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut rates on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock futures were little changed on Sunday night following a mixed week on Wall Street amid a big … Read more

Broadcom and Costco’s rich valuations leave little room for error as battleground stocks

Broadcom and Costco’s rich valuations leave little room for error as battleground stocks

Sometimes the stakes are so high, the degree of difficulty so immense, that it simply may be too hard to game. When that’s the case, no amount of formal research will help you fathom the stock implications. Yet, you have inherited the issues and they must be dealt with — or you are too at … Read more

Here are the 2 big things we’re watching in the stock market this week

Treasury yields fall as markets await key jobs report

This week is the last full trading week on Wall Street for the year, and it is packed with key economic and earnings reports. The data will help us sharpen our 2026 market outlook following a wild week for stocks that saw the S & P 500 close at a record high this past Thursday … Read more