Barclays lifted its target for the S&P 500 next year to a level that is looking very similar to its Wall Street rivals. Barclays nudged up its year-end S&P 500 call for 2025 to 6,600 from 6,500. That is the exact median of the nine targets MarketWatch has compiled for next year.

U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish, though the modest moves for indexes masked some thrashing underneath the surface

Goldman Sachs said Nvidia has another trick up its sleeve to drive its stock price higher going forward: a massive stock buyback program.