By Khadija Saeed
Publication Date: 2025-12-31 21:35:00
NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 16:18 ET — After-hours
Microsoft Corp shares (MSFT.O) were down 0.8% at $483.54 in after-hours trading on Wednesday, extending a late-day fade in heavyweight technology stocks. The shares traded between $483.30 and $488.30 during the regular session.
The stock’s decline came as Wall Street finished the final session of 2025 lower, with the S&P 500 down 0.73%, the Nasdaq down 0.76% and the Dow down 0.62% in thin year-end trading ahead of the New Year’s Day market holiday. All three benchmarks still ended 2025 up by double digits after a year dominated by investor demand for AI-linked stocks. Reuters
That matters now because Microsoft is one of the largest index weights, and small moves in megacaps can sway benchmarks in low-liquidity sessions. It also sets the tone for the first week of 2026 as investors reassess the “AI trade” — a shorthand for stocks tied to artificial intelligence spending — against interest-rate expectations and earnings…