Microsoft became the second company to reach a $4 trillion market valuation on Thursday, after its blockbuster earnings boosted shares by nearly 4.5 per cent, lifting its intraday valuation to $4.01 trillion.
The company’s stock has climbed about 28 per cent since January and rebounded nearly 50 per cent from April lows triggered by Trump’s tariff offensive.
The surge follows a strong quarterly report on Wednesday. Microsoft forecast a record “$30 billion in capital spending” for the current fiscal first quarter to power its AI growth and reported robust sales in its Azure cloud business. Analysts noted that Microsoft’s Copilot AI is driving “meaningful growth” in the Microsoft 365 enterprise suite.
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The milestone comes just 18 months after it hit the $3 trillion mark, and a few weeks after Nvidia became the first company to top $4 trillion. Apple was last valued at $3.12 trillion.
Recent breakthroughs in US trade talks ahead of Trump’s August 1 tariff deadline have also buoyed stocks, pushing the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to record highs.
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