By Khadija Saeed
Publication Date: 2025-12-15 22:02:00
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) ended Monday’s session modestly lower and then stayed relatively steady in after-hours trading, as Wall Street positioned for a data-heavy week that could reset interest-rate expectations and, by extension, the valuation math behind mega-cap tech.
MSFT closed at $474.82, down 0.76% on the day, after trading between roughly $472.57 and $480.26. In extended trading, the stock hovered just below the close: by 4:30 p.m. ET, MSFT was $474.39 (down $0.43, or -0.09% from the regular-session close). [1]
The takeaway for investors going into Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025: Microsoft-specific headlines were not the dominant driver into the close. Instead, macro catalysts (especially the delayed U.S. jobs data) and the market’s broader debate about AI spending, data-center buildouts, and “AI bubble” risk are setting the tone for MSFT and its mega-cap peers. [2]
MSFT after-hours check: where Microsoft stock stands tonight
Here’s the clean snapshot from today’s…
