Closing Bell Overtime: Databricks CEO on New Fundraise; What’s going on in energy markets? 12/16/25

Closing Bell

CNBC

News, Business

4.8 • 118 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Bob Elliott of Unlimited joins the show to break down the market backdrop as investors weigh growth, risk, and positioning, before Leslie Picker reports on what could be the biggest IPO of 2025 with Medline set to price. Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi discusses his company’s latest valuation and what it signals for private AI companies. Collapsing oil prices and unusual Venezuelan shipping activity with Bill Perkins of Skylar Capital. Julia Boorstin explains Instagram’s push onto the TV screen. Eric Mandl of Guggenheim on the outlook for tech M&A and what deals could define the next phase for the sector.

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0:00.0	Well, that's the end of regulation, the advertising Hall of Fame ringing the closing
0:09.7	bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
0:11.6	Essette's Lazio, doing the honors, at the NASDAQ.
0:15.7	A mostly down day for stocks after the jobs number leads to concerns about the strength of the
0:20.1	economy.
0:20.6	The doubt losing about 200 points, the S&P 500 with a small loss here.
0:24.1	And the NASDAQ, that is a late rally into the green.
0:28.1	The Russell 2000, though, that closed lower.
0:30.4	Energy was the worst performing S&P sector today.
0:32.7	Utilities also lower.
0:33.8	Healthcare falling as well, though it's by far the best group over the past three months.
0:38.8	The reason for energy's pullback will continue to decline in the price of crude oil falling below
0:43.6	55 bucks a barrel today. That's for WTI. It's a nearly five-year low dating back to February of 2021.
0:50.9	We've got much more on that coming up. Gold and silver with small gains. Bitcoin perking up just a little bit to back above 87,000 today.
1:00.0	And that is the scorecard on Wall Street, but when they're stay late. Welcome to closing
1:03.0	bell over time. I'm John Ford alongside Morgan Brennan. And we are awaiting pricing on Medline.
1:09.0	It's expected to be the biggest IPO of 2025.
1:12.5	And we're also looking ahead to what could be the biggest IPO of next year.
1:16.6	Databricks announcing a new funding round that values the company at $134 billion.
1:22.1	CEO Ali Godsey is going to join us.
1:24.0	It's not just IPOs.
1:25.6	2026 also expected to be a big year for mergers and acquisitions.
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