Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) ended Thursday, December 18, 2025 with a strong gain, then traded quietly after the closing bell—setting up a potentially headline- and macro-sensitive Friday session as traders head into year-end positioning.
After the regular session ended at 4:00 p.m. ET, Amazon stock finished at $226.76, up $5.49 (+2.48%), and later ticked up modestly in late after-hours trading to about $226.94 (+0.08%) at 7:59 p.m. ET, with roughly 3.9 million shares traded after hours. [1]
AMZN after the bell (Dec. 18): The numbers investors are watching
Amazon’s Thursday rally came on heavy activity: around 50.27 million shares traded during the session, with an intraday range between $224.41 and $229.23. [2]
The bigger context: Amazon remains below its early-November record-high area cited by technical analysts, which matters because many momentum traders look for a “reclaim” of prior highs before pressing fresh bets. [3]
