Stock Market News·2025-11-27 14:09Market Overview - The U.S. stock market is closed on November 27, 2025, for Thanksgiving, with trading resuming on November 28, 2025, in a shortened session [1] - The latest market data reflects performance from November 26, 2025, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 314.67 points (0.6679%) to reach 47,427.12 [1] Market Drivers - Investor optimism regarding potential interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve in December and renewed enthusiasm for the artificial intelligence (AI) sector drove the market rally [2] - This positive sentiment contributed to a four-day winning streak for benchmark indices, helping to recover earlier losses in November [2] - Global markets also benefited from the anticipation of rate cuts, despite the U.S. markets preparing for the holiday closure [2] Stock Performance - Boeing (BA) led the Dow components with a gain of 2.46%, reaching $186.92 [3] - Walmart (WMT) increased by 2.07% to $109.10, and Microsoft (MSFT) rose by 2.04% to $485.50 [3] - Financial institutions performed well, with Goldman Sachs (GS) climbing 1.71% to $816.01 and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) up 1.64% to $307.64 [3] - Conversely, Salesforce (CRM) was the biggest laggard, down 2.51% to $228.15, followed by Merck (MRK) down 0.73% to $104.63, and Honeywell (HON) decreasing 0.43% to $189.99 [3]