By George Glover

Stock futures were a touch lower on Wednesday, as investors waited to see if a Santa Claus rally would lift markets over the final few trading sessions of 2025.

These stocks were poised to make moves:

Nike climbed 2.2% to $58.57 in premarket trading. Apple CEO Tim Cook bought 50,000 shares of the footwear maker on Monday at an average price of $58.97, according to a form 4 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Tuesday. Cook snapped up the stock following Nike's second-quarter earnings report last week, which disappointed investors due to declining profits and lackluster sales in China.

UiPath jumped 7.1% ahead of the opening bell. The software company is set to join the S&P MidCap 400 index before trading starts on Jan. 2, S&P Dow Jones Indices said after Tuesday's close. UiPath is replacing Synovus Financial, which is being acquired by Pinnacle Financial Partners in a deal that is expected to complete soon. S&P Dow Jones Indices also said on Tuesday that CNBC and Golf Channel owner Versant Media will join the S&P SmallCap 600 before trading starts on Jan. 6, the day after it's expected to complete its spinoff from Comcast.

Tesla ticked up 0.2% to $486.54. The electric vehicle maker's shares hit a record on Monday, trading just short of the $500 level, then gave up some gains the following session. Tesla stock is up 21% this year, with investors' focus shifting away from weak EV sales to the company's efforts to build AI-powered robo-taxis, and eventually AI-trained humanoid robots.

AMC Entertainment climbed 0.6% to $1.69 on Wednesday, putting the movie-theater chain and onetime meme stock on track to snap an 11-day losing streak. Shares slumped to an all-time low of $1.68 on Tuesday, with investors fretting about soft demand from moviegoers, which has dragged down AMC's revenue and caused its losses to widen.

Crypto stocks were set to trade in the red on Wednesday, with Bitcoin down 0.8 over the past 24 hours. Major investor Strategy fell 0.4%, digital-asset exchange Coinbase Global slid 1.1%, and online trading platform Robinhood Markets was down 0.6%.

Write to George Glover at george.glover@dowjones.com

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December 24, 2025 05:18 ET (10:18 GMT)

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