Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching as the S & P 500 posted a third straight losing day, and what’s on the radar for the next session. Weekly jobless claims The data will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET and covered live on “Squawk Box” with Becky Quick, Joe Kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin. The team will have the number as it comes out, as well as the instant market reaction. The markets heading into the last day of 2025 The Nasdaq Composite is up 21.3% in 2025. The Nasdaq 100 is up 21.2% this year. The S & P 500 is up 17.3% year to date. The New York Stock Exchange Composite is up around 16% in 2025. The small-cap Russell 2000 is up 12.1% this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 13.7% year to date. .IXIC YTD mountain The Nasdaq Composite in 2025 Top stocks in 2025 Western Digital is going to take the cake, up about 291% in 2025. Second up, there’s Micron Technology . The stock is up 248% year to date. If you had put money on Seagate Technology at the start of 2025, you’d be up roughly 225%. Bottom stocks in 2025 Year to date, Trade Desk is down 67.6%. Fiserv is down 67.1% in 2025. Alexandria Real Estate is off 49.3% this year. TTD YTD mountain The Trade Desk in 2025 The sectors Going into the final day of the year, communication services is at the top of the heap, up around 33% in 2025. Information technology is up 24% this year. Industrials is up 18.7% year to date. The financials sector is up 14.2% in 2025. This year, the utilities sector is up 13.4%. Health care is up 13.2% year to date. The materials sector is up 9.5% this year. Consumer discretionary is up 6.2% in 2025. Energy is up 5.5% year to date. The consumer staples sector is up roughly 2% in 2025. Real estate is up 0.7% for the year. Overseas in 2025 The iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) is on track to gain about 94% in 2025. The iShares MSCI European Financials ETF (EUFN) is heading for a 60% jump in 2025. The iShares MSCI Mexico ETF (EWW) is cruising for a 48.4% surge in 2025. EUFN YTD mountain The iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF (EUFN) in 2025 Top picks from Wall Street analysts and their 2025 performance Of the stocks Wall Street analysts were hot for at the beginning of the year, Robinhood is up roughly 209% in 2025. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs were early backers. Lam Research is up about 141% in 2025. Early this year, the analyst at TD Cowen said to buy the stock. Citigroup is up 66.5%. Goldman Sachs was early on Citigroup. Wall Street analysts’ early top picks in 2025 and their less-than-stellar performance Bath & Body Works is down about 48% this year. Duolingo is off 45.4% in 2025. PayPal is down 30% year to date.
