Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq edge higher as Wall Street regains its footing

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Updated Tue, December 2, 2025 astatine 8:34 AM CST 2 min read

US stocks edged higher connected Tuesday, eyeing a cautious comeback aft a fragile commencement to December trading that saw crisp losses connected Wall Street and successful crypto.

The S&P 500 (^GSPC) roseate 0.3%, portion the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) added astir 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) besides gained astir 0.3%.

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Stocks are poised to regain immoderate crushed arsenic markets statesman to shingle disconnected the risk-off sentiment that dominated connected Monday, snapping five-day winning streaks for the 3 large US indexes. The losses marked a rocky commencement to December — typically a beardown period for equities — and added substance to a statement implicit the chances of a alleged Santa Claus rally.

In different motion of recovering spirits, bitcoin (BTC-USD) edged into the greenish to commercialized supra $88,000, putting the brakes connected a weeks-long skid. On Monday, the apical cryptocurrency tumbled to arsenic debased arsenic $84,000 successful its worst time since March. Meanwhile, shares of crypto-linked names Coinbase (COIN) and Robinhood (HOOD) besides turned upbeat aft getting deed the time before.

Investors are present watching for catalysts that could revive a year-end rally, against a inheritance of persistent concerns implicit stubborn inflation, stretched marketplace valuations and the uncertain payoff from dense AI spending.

Data connected the system is successful focus, arsenic delayed authorities reports are dilatory released and provender into prospects for a December interest-rate chopped — though signs that tariffs are undermining US mill enactment connected Monday near expectations broadly intact.

Bets connected easing person ramped up sharply up of the cardinal bank's two-day gathering adjacent week. Markets are pricing successful an 87% probability of a chopped connected Dec. 10, up importantly from mid-November, according to the CME FedWatch tool.

No notable updates are expected connected Tuesday successful the countdown to this week's marquee release: the September people of the user ostentation scale watched by the Fed.

On the net front, Marvell (MRVL) is acceptable to merchandise results aft marketplace close. The US chipmaker's banal roseate successful premarket aft The Information reported it is successful precocious talks to bargain spot start-up Celestial AI successful a multibillion-dollar deal. Crowdstrike (CRWD) and Okta (OKTA) are besides connected Tuesday's airy docket.

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  • Laura Bratton

    Stocks inch higher astatine the unfastened

    US stocks moved higher astatine the unfastened connected Tuesday.

    The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose, portion the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) added astir 0.4%.

    DJI - Free Realtime Quote USD

    47,307.89

    +18.56

    +(0.04%)

    As of 9:50:02 AM EST. Market Open.

    ^DJI ^IXIC ^GSPC

    The gains travel aft a stocks slipped Monday to commencement December trading, snapping a five-day winning streak.

  • Bitcoin, crypto stabilizes aft suffering dense losses connected Monday

    Bitcoin (BTC-USD) settled connected Tuesday aft suffering its worst time since March connected Monday.

    The world's largest cryptocurrency bounced backmost by much than 1.5% successful premarket trading aft it tumbled 8% connected Monday from a level astir $91,000 to arsenic debased arsenic $84,000. Bitcoin is present much than 30% disconnected its all-time precocious of astir $126,000.

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    Other cryptocurrencies, including XRP (XRP-USD), roseate connected Tuesday portion ether (ETH-USD) fell different 0.3%.

    Concerns that Japan's cardinal slope would rise involvement rates, coupled with a hack connected a DeFi platform, helped substance the sell-off successful crypto connected Monday. Strategists besides noted that anemic sentiment contributed to the downdraft successful integer assets.

    "I don't deliberation that this is truly a crypto wintertime yet," FG Nexus CEO of integer assets Maja Vujinovic told Yahoo Finance connected Monday. "This is simply benignant of a risk-off shakeout from the market."

    Crypto stocks, which are highly correlated with crypto moves, besides recovered somewhat successful premarket trading. Coinbase (COIN) climbed 1.8%, portion Strategy (MSTR) added 1.7%. Robinhood roseate 1.3%.

  • Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 cardinal to promote families to assertion 'Trump Accounts'

    Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 cardinal connected Tuesday to President Trump's concern accounts for children, providing 25 cardinal children nether 10 with an inducement to assertion the caller investment.

    The AP reports:

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  • Jenny McCall

    Good morning. Here's what's happening today.

  • Jenny McCall

    Premarket trending tickers: Snowflake, Marvell and Strategy

    Snowflake (SNOW) banal roseate 4% earlier the doorbell connected Tuesday. The cloud-based information retention institution has seen its banal emergence 44% this year. The radical is besides scheduled to merchandise its net aft the doorbell today.

    Marvell (MRVL) stock roseate much than 1% during premarket trading connected Tuesday. The US chipmaker is successful precocious talks to bargain spot startup Celestial AI successful a ‌cash-and-stock woody worthy aggregate billions of dollars, according to The Information.

    Strategy (MSTR) rebounded connected Tuesday earlier the doorbell and roseate 1%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) tumbled arsenic overmuch arsenic 8% connected Monday alongside crypto-related stocks, similar Strategy, which closed 3% down connected Monday.

  • Bank of America says its wealthiness absorption clients whitethorn enactment up to 4% of their portfolio successful crypto

  • MongoDB banal soars aft gross tops guidance, absorption issues upbeat full-year outlook

    MongoDB (MDB) banal rocketed up 2% successful premarket trading connected Tuesday aft the unreality bundle institution reported gross good supra its guidance for the 3rd quarter.

    Strength successful the Atlas level drove an summation successful revenue, which reached $628.3 cardinal successful the quarter, a 19% year-over-year increase. The institution antecedently guided for gross betwixt $587 cardinal and $592 million.

    MongoDB besides recorded a $0.02 nonaccomplishment per stock successful its results connected Monday, shallower than the $0.78 per stock nonaccomplishment analysts were expecting, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.

    "Q3 was an exceptional quarter," MongoDB CEO CJ Desai said. "Existing customers are expanding with america and net-new lawsuit additions proceed to amusement strength. Companies crossed industries and geographies are choosing MongoDB due to the fact that we supply a unified information level that powers mission-critical workloads contiguous and besides positions them to capitalize connected the emerging AI level shift."

    For the afloat year, the institution expects gross to deed $2.434 cardinal to $2.439 billion, up from its erstwhile guidance of $2.34 cardinal to $2.36 billion.

  • Crypto's retail traders deed hard arsenic Strategy ETFs plunge 80%

    Bloomberg reports:

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  • Asian shares marque crushed arsenic US stocks slide

    Indexes crossed Asia saw coagulated gains passim Tuesday's trading league arsenic determination gauges made headway against Wall Street's decline, buoyed by rising planetary enslaved yields.

    Reuters reports:

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