Wall Street Closes Slightly Lower Near The End of a Banner Year; Gold Rebounds

GLOBAL MARKET - NEW YORK. U.S. stocks slumped on Tuesday, while gold bounced back on the penultimate trading day of 2025. All three indexes dipped into negative territory in a light-volume pre-holiday session in a subdued ending to a volatile year.

Having weathered a year of tariff wars, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, and roiling geopolitical strife, all three U.S. indexes, along with their global counterparts, are set to log robust, double-digit gains.