Stock Market Today: Gold and Silver Fall ; Dow and Nasdaq Closes Lower

By William Collins, consultant in stock markets – Eurasia Business News, December 29, 2025. Article no 1957

U.S. stocks closed lower today, with the Dow and Nasdaq both slipping as gold and silver futures dropped sharply from recent highs. Precious metals fell after margin requirements were raised and traders took profits following a powerful year‑end rally.​

Index performance

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down about 0.5%, a drop of roughly 160–250 points, giving back part of last week’s record‑high gains.​

The tech‑heavy Nasdaq Composite fell around 0.5–0.6%, pressured by declines in large technology names such as Oracle, Nvidia and Tesla.

Nvidia shares fell roughly 1.8% to close near 190.53 dollars, as investors reacted to concerns around its capital-allocation decisions following major deals in AI and semiconductors.​

The S&P 500 slipped modestly, giving back a bit of its recent record gains. It ended the session down about 0.3%, but remained strongly higher for the year.

Gold and silver moves

Silver futures tumbled roughly 7–9%, marking their biggest one‑day decline since 2021 after recently touching record territory.

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Gold futures fell about 2–3%, retreating from record or near‑record levels as higher margin requirements and risk‑off positioning hit precious‑metals bulls. Gold price closed at $ 4,330.90 per troy pounce.

Drivers and context

Selling in mega‑cap tech and AI‑linked shares weighed on the major U.S. equity benchmarks, interrupting a strong year‑end “Santa Claus rally.”​

Even after today’s pullback, the S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq remain up strongly for 2025, with gains of roughly 17%, 14%, and over 22% year to date, respectively.

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