By Khadija Saeed
Publication Date: 2025-12-28 23:37:00
NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 18:20 ET — Market closed.
- Broadcom shares last closed up 0.6% at $352.13 in the most recent session on Friday. [1]
- U.S. stocks dipped slightly in thin, post-Christmas trading, leaving chip names to drift with the broader tape. [2]
- Investors remain keyed on Broadcom’s AI-driven growth versus pressure on profit margins flagged in its latest outlook. [3]
Broadcom Inc. shares ended Friday’s session up 0.6% at $352.13, in subdued post-Christmas trading before U.S. markets shut for the weekend. [4]
The muted move matters because Broadcom has become a bellwether for the market’s “AI infrastructure” trade — a bet that heavy spending on data centers will keep powering chip and networking demand into 2026. [5]
It also comes as investors head into the so-called Santa Claus rally period — the last five trading days of the year and first two of the new one — when volumes can thin and price swings can look bigger than the news flow. [6]
On Friday, Wall…
