The Zhitong Finance App learned that last Friday — the penultimate trading day in the “Santa Claus Market” cycle — US stocks closed. The Dow Jones index, which is mainly blue-chip stocks, led the rise. The S&P 500 index also rose, while the NASDAQ index fell slightly. Looking ahead to the week ahead, the first full trading week of 2026 will usher in full resumption of the release of economic data. The US non-farm payrolls report for December, which will be released on Friday, is expected to show a slowdown in recruitment activity in the last month of 2025. Economists expect the number of non-farm workers to increase by 55,000 in December, lower than the increase of 64,000 in November; in terms of the unemployment rate, which rose to a four-year high of 4.6% in November, it is expected to fall 0.1 percentage points in December. In addition, this week's economic calendar also includes: ADP's monthly private sector employment report, monthly layoff data released by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, and an early weekly unemployment claim report.

The Zhitong Finance App learned that last Friday — the penultimate trading day in the “Santa Claus Market” cycle — US stocks closed. The Dow Jones index, which is mainly blue-chip stocks, led the rise. The S&P 500 index also rose, while the NASDAQ index fell slightly. Looking ahead to the week ahead, the first full trading week of 2026 will usher in full resumption of the release of economic data. The US non-farm payrolls report for December, which will be released on Friday, is expected to show a slowdown in recruitment activity in the last month of 2025. Economists expect the number of non-farm workers to increase by 55,000 in December, lower than the increase of 64,000 in November; in terms of the unemployment rate, which rose to a four-year high of 4.6% in November, it is expected to fall 0.1 percentage points in December. In addition, this week's economic calendar also includes: ADP's monthly private sector employment report, monthly layoff data released by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, and an early weekly unemployment claim report.