Stock Market’s 2025 Laggards See Revival in Year’s Final Stretch
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Investors are shifting their focus from tech giants to smaller companies and old-economy transportation names, leading to a revival in the performance of lagging stocks in the final stretch of 2025.
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Market impact analysis based on bullish sentiment with 71% confidence.
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Investors are rotating out of the technology behemoths that drove virtually all of this year’s 17% advance in the S&P 500 Index and snapping up shares of risky small companies and old-economy transportation names that have lagged behind all year. Since US stocks hit their near-term low on Nov. 20, the small-cap Russell 2000 Index has gained 9.4%, reaching an all-time high on Thursday. The S&P 500 Index has gained 5.1% during that time.
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Original article published by Yahoo Finance on December 8, 2025. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.