Markets News, Dec. 2, 2025: Major Indexes Close Higher as Tech, Crypto-Related Stocks Rebound

Stocks closed higher Tuesday, a day after the three major equities indexes ended their runs of five consecutive winning sessions.The tech-heavy Nasdaq, blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average, and benchmark S&P 500 ended up a respective 0.6%, 0.4%, and 0.3%. 

Yesterday, the indexes closed lower as the final trading month of the year began, with shares of big tech and cryptocurrency-tied firms falling amid risk-off sentiment.

 Bitcoin was trading near $91,000 at 4 p.m. ET, up sharply from its overnight low of below $85,500. 

Yesterday, the largest cryptocurrency suffered its worst day since March, tumbling from around $91,000 and weighing on crypto-tied stocks Strategy (MSTR), MARA Holdings (MARA), Coinbase Global (COIN), and Robinhood Markets (HOOD), but they all rebounded Tuesday.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was little changed around 4.09% after surging yesterday from Friday's close of 4.01%. The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the performance of the dollar against a basket of foreign currencies, edged lower to 99.33.WTI crude futures, the U.S. oil benchmark, fell 1.1% to $58.65 per barrel, and gold futures slipped 0.8% to $4,240 per ounce.

Nvidia (NVDA) shares, which advanced 1.7% Monday after it announced an expanded partnership with and $2 billion investment in Synopsys (SNPS), ended up a further 1%. All of the other Magnificent Seven large-cap technology firms except Tesla (TSLA) ended slightly higher, while Intel (INTC) stock jumped 9%.

Boeing (BA) shares soared 10% to lead the S&P 500 and Dow after CFO Jay Malave said at a conference that the plane maker expects 737 and 787 deliveries will increase in 2026.Shares of MongoDB (MDB) and Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) surged 22% and 10%, respectively, after each posted quarterly results that easily topped analysts' estimates. 

CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) and Marvell Technology (MRVL) closed up 2.5% and 2%, respectively, ahead of their quarterly results after the bell.
Elsewhere, Costco Wholesale (COST) stock rose 1% after the retailer sued the Trump administration over its tariffs; shares of Moderna (MRNA) and Shopify (SHOP) ended down less than 1% and up about 5% after they led S&P 500 and Nasdaq decliners, respectively, on Monday; and Bayer closed up nearly 12% in Frankfurt trading after U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer supported the German agricultural company's push for the Supreme Court to review its Roundup weedkiller case.