NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) ended the holiday-shortened Christmas Eve session essentially flat-to-lower and then dipped slightly in after-hours trading, as Wall Street’s “Santa Claus rally” window officially began amid thin volumes and record-setting moves in the broader market.

NVDA last traded at $188.61 at the close, with after-hours trading around $188.52 (about -0.05%) shortly after the bell. The stock’s day range was $186.59 to $188.72, with a 52-week range of $86.63 to $212.19 and market cap around $4.58 trillion, per market data at the close. ^[1]

One key calendar note before we go further: U.S. markets are closed Thursday, Dec. 25, for Christmas Day, and Dec. 24 was an early close at 1:00 p.m. ET. The next regular…