The Santa Claus trading window ends Friday, and a negative return during the seven-day trading window could be a bad sign for 2025, a strategist said.

U.S. stocks got off to a rocky start to 2025 on Thursday as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite declined for a fifth straight day. For both, it was the longest losing streak since April, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

U.S. equity futures moved higher in early Tuesday trading, while Treasury yields held steady following the biggest decline in five weeks, as investors looked to tidy positions and portfolios into the final trading day of a outstanding year for domestic stocks.