By Khadija Saeed
Publication Date: 2025-12-24 14:55:00
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is trading in a holiday-shortened U.S. session on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, a backdrop that typically brings thin liquidity and can exaggerate day-to-day moves in mega-cap tech. U.S. equities are scheduled to close early at 1:00 p.m. ET for Christmas Eve, with markets closed on Christmas Day. [1]
As of the latest available quote on Dec. 24, MSFT traded around $486.85, with a modest intraday range and very light volume early in the session—typical of the day’s “risk-off / low participation” tape.
But today’s low-volume setup is not the real story. The bigger narrative shaping Microsoft stock heading into year-end—and into 2026—has hardened into a familiar, high-stakes debate:
Will Microsoft’s AI spending translate into durable, accelerating revenue and margins fast enough to justify the capital intensity?
Microsoft stock today: price action meets “AI ROI” pressure
A shortened session doesn’t change the market’s core obsession…
