U.S. Markets with Moderate Losses - Tech Stocks Weak - DAX Almost Unmoved - Precious Metals Decline Sharply - Defense Stocks Under Pressure Due to Ukraine Talks - SoftBank Acquires DigitalBridge - NVIDIA Signs Non-Exclusive License Agreement with Groq - Alphabet Plans Satellite-Based Data Centers

Dow Jones and Nasdaq Down - Investors Take Profits At the start of the last trading week of the year, Wall Street is unusually subdued, even though 2025 is already expected to go down in history as an exceptionally strong stock market year. Following a series of records, many investors are using the quiet period between the holidays for profit-taking and position adjustments. Accordingly, the major U.S. indexes started trading weaker. The Dow Jones is down about 0.5% to 48,468 points, the broad S&P 500 loses 0.18% and slips to 6,894...