USA aims to increase mineral investments – Macron and Xi agree on trade deal – Bitcoin strengthens again – Meta plans savings in Metaverse – Microsoft to raise Office prices starting in July – Amazon considers ending deliveries by USPS – Ulta Beauty reports very strong quarter – SoFi experiences major stock sale – High-profile departures at Apple – Rubrik jumps 17% in after-hours trading

On Thursday, December 4, 2025, Wall Street remained generally calm and close to its all-time highs. The traditional Dow Jones slipped slightly by 0.1% to 47,850.94 points. The S&P 500 rose moderately by 0.11% to close at 6,857.12 points, just about 0.5% below its all-time high. Meanwhile, the technology-oriented Nasdaq Composite gained 0.2% to 23,505.14 points. The driving forces behind this stable market development were the expectations for a Fed rate cut in the coming week. Market participants see it as almost 90% likely to happen. Weak...