Follow all the action in financial markets on Friday as the new year kicks off.

The S & P 500 finished the year up 16%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 19%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed out 2025 up 13%. A dip in each of the indexes on Wednesday left markets lower in the year’s final trading session.

It's been a roller coaster year for the stock market, but the S&P 500 is set to end 2025 up about 17%, the third straight year of double-digit gains.

Some corners of Wall Street were hoping 2025 would be the year that investors finally ditched money-market funds for other areas of the market. So much for hope. After setting fresh records all year,

The stock market surged to record highs in 2025, hurtling past tariffs, a government shutdown and fears of a bubble in artificial intelligence.The S&P 500 -- the index that most people's 401(k)s track -- climbed about 17% this year,

Come for the Liberation Day stock-market crash. Stay for Nvidia's ascent to a $5 trillion valuation.

DraftKings just officially threw its hat in the prediction markets arena. Despite competition, the benefits could be big for the stock in 2026.

As measured by the S&P 500 index (which represents about 80% of total U.S. market capitalization), the market rose 24% in 2023, an equally impressive 23% in 2024, and another 17% year to date in 2025. Keep in mind that the average annual return for the S&P 500 is approximately 10.5%, so those three years have been exceptional for investors.

Global markets today: Shares of global mining firms saw a sharp rally up to 16% on Monday silver prices soared to a record high. Japan's Toho Zinc stock price was among the top gainers, was up 15.81% on Monday on Tokyo Stock Exchange. Meanwhile, Australia's mining companies Sun Silver and Silver Mines stock gained up to 19%.