Global stocks ease on last 2025 session as silver drops 6% but ends year up 147%

On the final trading day of 2025, global equities softened, with US stock-index futures slipping 0.2% and Asian and European markets also edging lower in thin holiday sessions. Silver fell about 6% on the day yet remained up 147% for the year, its strongest annual performance since 1979 alongside gold, while oil headed for its largest yearly decline since 2020 and Bitcoin prepared for a second annual loss in four years.