Your Evening Briefing

November 28, 2025

Stocks rise on low volume day, erasing November losses

After yesterday’s holiday, Black Friday was off to an unusual start when an outage at CME, the world’s biggest exchange operator, hit a number of major markets, halting trading in FX markets as well as affecting futures contracts on stocks, Treasurys, and commodities. CME Group cited a “cooling issue at CyrusOne data centers.” Operations were fully resolved by 8:30 a.m. ET.

All major US indexes closed higher today amid thin trading volume. The S&P 500 and Russell 2000 ended essentially flat for the month of November, while the Nasdaq 100 dipped 1.6% for the month.

Stocks that moved higher:

Bitcoin mounted a morning comeback that ultimately reversed, though companies with large corporate bitcoin treasuries, like Riot and MARA Holdings, rose.
GameStop ticked up as hedge fund manager turned Substacker Michael Burry published nostalgic tweets from his time spent betting on the success of the video game and collectibles retailer ahead of its ascendance to meme stock status.

Stocks that moved lower:

Tilray tumbled after announcing the implementation of a reverse stock split plan.
Eli Lilly, today’s worst-performing stock in the S&P 500, dragged down healthcare, which was the only sector to close in the red today.

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