Stocks Up as Technology Shares Rebound
WSJ Minute Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 19 December 2025
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:33.3 | Here's your closing bell brief for Friday, December 19th. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:40.5 | U.S. stocks rallied today as technology shares led a broad recovery, bringing the major |
| 0:45.6 | indexes within striking distance of new records. The NASDAQ climbed 1.3%, marking its third |
| 0:51.9 | consecutive day of moves of at least 1%. |
| 0:55.0 | The S&P 500 rose 0.9%, while the Dow added 0.4%. |
| 1:00.0 | Investors are balancing a cloudy economic outlook and recent volatility in artificial intelligence shares against hopes for a year-end rally. |
| 1:08.0 | Among individual companies, Oracle shares jumped nearly 7%. The move follows |
| 1:13.9 | news that TikTok parent Fight Dance has formalized an agreement to create a new U.S. joint venture, |
| 1:19.4 | with Oracle joining an investor consortium that will hold a 50% stake in the entity. |
| 1:25.0 | Nike shares skidded 10.5% today. The sportswear giant warned that it expects |
| 1:30.0 | sales to decline, citing persistent weakness in the Chinese market and higher costs driven by tariffs. |
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