Stock Market Update
18-Dec-25 14:30 ET
S&P 500 Rises 0.8% as Starbucks, DoorDash, and Moderna Lead; Generac Slides 4.6%
Dow +112.73
at 47998.49,
Nasdaq +321.40
at 23014.75,
S&P +56.40
at 6777.82
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.84%) is in second place on Thursday afternoon, up 56 points.
Briefly, S&P 500 constituents Starbucks (SBUX 89.77, +4.56, +5.35%), DoorDash (DASH 232.09, +10.79, +4.88%), and Moderna (MRNA 32.00, +1.49, +4.88%) pepper the top of the standings. DASH rallies as it partners with OpenAI to integrate grocery ordering into ChatGPT, letting users turn recipes into quick, local grocery deliveries, while MRNA advances as CEPI commits $54.3 mln to fund a pivotal Phase 3 trial of its mRNA-based H5 pandemic influenza vaccine, advancing potential first-in-class pandemic preparedness.
Meanwhile, Wisconsin-based generator firm Generac (GNRC 138.195, -6.62, -4.57%) is one of today's worst laggards, continuing recent weakness despite a dearth of corporate news.
