{"id":192505,"date":"2025-12-19T23:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/192505\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T23:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:03:08","slug":"stock-market-news-for-dec-19-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/192505\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock market news for Dec. 19, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n<p>NYSE<\/p>\n<p>U.S. stocks rose on Friday, lifted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/ORCL\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oracle<\/a>, as the artificial intelligence trade regained its footing after experiencing volatility.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.IXIC\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nasdaq Composite<\/a> gained 1.31%, closing at 23,307.62. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.SPX\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">S&amp;P 500<\/a> climbed 0.88% to end at 6,834.50, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.DJI\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/a> advanced 183.04 points, or 0.38% and settled at 48,134.89. It was the second winning day in a row for all three indexes.<\/p>\n<p>Oracle shares were up 6.6% after TikTok <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/18\/tik-tok-us-sale-china.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">agreed to sell<\/a> its U.S. operations to a new joint venture that includes the software giant and private equity investor Silver Lake.<\/p>\n<p>The jump marks a turnaround for the stock, which came under pressure this week after a report revealed that the cloud infrastructure company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/17\/oracle-stock-blue-owl-michigan-data-center.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lost a key backer<\/a> of one of its data center projects over worries about the company&#8217;s debt and AI spending levels. That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/16\/stock-market-today-live-updates.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dragged down<\/a> other stocks linked to AI, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/AVGO\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Broadcom<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/AMD\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Advanced Micro Devices<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, shares of AI chip darling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/NVDA\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nvidia<\/a> rose about 4% after Reuters, citing sources familiar with the matter, reported that the Trump administration is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/19\/us-launches-review-of-advanced-nvidia-ai-chip-sales-to-china-reuters.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reviewing the prospect<\/a> of the company selling its advanced AI chips to China. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump said that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/08\/trump-nvidia-h200-sales-china.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will allow Nvidia<\/a> to ship its H200 AI chips to &#8220;approved customers&#8221; in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/MU\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Micron Technology<\/a> shares extended their gains from the previous session, rising around 7%. The stock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/18\/micron-mu-stock-earnings-ai-memory-demand.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">surged 10%<\/a> on Thursday after the company gave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/18\/micron-mu-stock-earnings-ai-memory-demand.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">robust guidance for revenues<\/a> in the current quarter, providing reassurance to investors after recent sessions were swamped with jitters over the AI trade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The kind of onslaught of issuance from some of the hyperscalers, some of the AI trades, could weigh on markets into 2026,&#8221; Tom Garretson, senior portfolio strategist at RBC Wealth Management, said to CNBC. &#8220;But again, these are kind of some of the best-rated companies in terms of credit qualities. They obviously have the capacity to ramp up debt to finance some of this stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re still counting on some of the capex spend kind of supporting a broader or probably better growth backdrop,&#8221; he also said.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.SPX\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">S&amp;P 500<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.DJI\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dow<\/a> both snapped their four-day losing streaks in the previous session. With Friday&#8217;s moves, the broad-based index eked out a 0.1% gain, while the Nasdaq advanced 0.5%. The Dow, however, slipped 0.7%.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/NKE\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nike<\/a> was among the day&#8217;s losers, as shares slid 10.5% after the sports apparel giant saw revenue in its Greater China market decline during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/18\/nike-nke-q2-2026-earnings.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fiscal second quarter.<\/a> The company is also feeling the pain of tariff increases, noting a hit to its gross margins due to the levies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. 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