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 on Wednesday, though the modest moves for indexes masked some thrashing underneath the surface.

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.