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Amazon hits $2 trillion in valuation on AI fervor, rate cut bets
2024.06.26 12:58
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:) hit $2 trillion in market value on Wednesday, becoming the fifth U.S. company to surpass that level as investors pile into technology-related stocks on optimism around artificial intelligence and potential interest rate cuts.
The stock rose 3.1% to $192.1, giving the e-commerce giant a market value of $2 trillion and putting it in the same club as technology heavyweights Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:), Apple Inc (NASDAQ:), Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:).