Stocks Mixed After Tepid Jobs Report
WSJ Minute Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:35.1 | brief for Tuesday, December 16th. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:40.9 | U.S. stocks finished mixed today following an uninspiring report on the labor market. The Dow Jones Industrial average dropped by 6 tenths of a percent after data showed the national unemployment rate rose to 4.6% in November, its highest level |
| 0:56.0 | in more than four years. This new data raised concerns about the underlying strength of the economy. |
| 1:02.6 | The S&P 500 was also down for its third consecutive session, following by almost a quarter point. |
| 1:08.7 | Meanwhile, the NASDAQ managed to close in positive territory, |
| 1:12.4 | gaining over two-tenths of a percent. Among individual companies, Humana shares fell 6 percent. |
| 1:18.5 | The health insurance provider announced the planned retirement of the head of its insurance division |
| 1:22.9 | and the hiring of a replacement from Amazon. Navon stock sank 12%. |
| 1:28.1 | The software company reported its first financial results since going public during the government shutdown |
| 1:33.2 | and also announced that its chief financial officer will depart early next year. |
| 1:38.9 | Shares of several U.S. air carriers took off today, with United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and American Airlines stock |
| 1:45.9 | all seeing increases. Wall Street analysts released bullish recommendations for the stocks, |
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