Wall Street Closes Higher Amid CME Outage, Boeing Wins $4.7B Apache Deal – december 1, 2025
U.S. stock markets finished a shortened post-Thanksgiving session on a positive note despite a temporary trading halt at CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives marketplace. The Dow jones Industrial Average gained 0.61% to close at 47,716 points, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.65% to 23,365 points. trading volume was light as investors look ahead to the release of the PCE price index next Friday.
The session was briefly disrupted when CME Group suspended trading in several futures and options markets due to a cooling issue at a data center. Markets reopened at 2:30 p.m. PST after the issue was resolved. The outage underscores the critical infrastructure vulnerabilities facing financial markets and the potential for disruptions in global trading.
In corporate news, Boeing secured a nearly $4.7 billion foreign military sales contract from the U.S. military to produce AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for international customers, including 96 for the Polish Armed Forces. This represents the largest Apache helicopter order from a country outside the United States in the program’s history, with deliveries scheduled for 2028.
Google, parent company Alphabet, withdrew its anti-competition complaint filed with the European Commission against Microsoft regarding cloud licensing practices. The decision followed an declaration from Brussels that it will independently investigate potentially problematic practices within the cloud sector. Alphabet shares closed down 0.05% at $320.12.
