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WSJ Minute Briefing

U.S. Stocks Waver Between Small Gains And Losses

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Dollar General shares surged after the discount retailer lifted its full-year outlook. And Snowflake stock tumbled following slower quarterly revenue growth. Danny Lewis hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your closing bell brief for Thursday, December 4th. I'm Danny Lewis for the Wall Street

0:38.5

Journal. U.S. stocks wavered between small gains and losses today, with the S&P 500 finishing

0:44.1

the session up just 0.1%. The Dow stayed about flat, losing less than a tenth of a percent,

0:50.2

and the NASDAQ gained 0.2%. In the bond market, the 10-year treasury yield rose to about 4.1%. Investors

0:58.4

digested new data showing weekly jobless claims hit a three-year low, alongside a separate report from

1:03.9

Challenger, Gray, and Christmas indicating a drop in planned corporate layoffs following a spike in

1:08.5

October, though year-to-date job cuts are at the highest

1:11.7

since 2020. Among individual companies, dollar general shares jumped 14%. The discount retailer

1:18.7

lifted its full year outlook after logging higher quarterly profit and sales. Kroger stock dropped

1:24.3

nearly 5%. The supermarket chain swung to a quarterly loss of $1.3 billion

1:29.0

as expenses rose. Shares of Salesforce gained almost 4%. The software company raised its full-year

1:35.6

guidance and told investors its artificial intelligence product is gaining traction.

1:40.6

And Snowflake shares tumbled more than 11% after the cloud software company reported slower revenue growth,

1:46.7

disappointing Wall Street's hopes for a stronger beat.

1:49.8

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