U.S. equity markets are closed today, Thursday, December 25, for Christmas, which means there’s no “closing bell” session to react to fresh headlines. Instead, Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) investors are heading into Friday’s reopen (December 26) digesting the last trading action from the holiday-shortened Christmas Eve session—and a cluster of analyst commentary and valuation debates that surfaced on December 25. ^[1]

Costco stock price check: where COST stands “after hours”

Because the market didn’t trade today (Dec. 25), the most current pricing is still tied to Wednesday, Dec. 24:

• Regular session close (Dec. 24, early close at 1:00 p.m. ET):$871.86, up $17.07 (+2.00%)
• After-hours (Dec. 24, ~4:59 p.m….