Week of 02/19-02/23 Nvidia Hits Record Highs, Raises Entire Market Value

The much-anticipated Nvidia earnings report on Wednesday ignited a global stock rally. US stocks soared on Thursday following a blockbuster earnings result from Nvidia, reporting a Q4 $22.1B revenue beating analysts $20B estimate. The chipmaker and graphics card giant has been experiencing increasing demand on its products and services which help power artificial intelligence applications. Nvidia stock has exponentially risen in value in past couple years and has gained the position as the third most valuable company ($1.915 trillion), behind Microsoft ($3.051 trillion) and Apple ($2.845 trillion). “Fundamentally, the conditions are excellent for continued growth,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang commented during the company’s quarterly call on Wednesday. Traders exchanged approximately $65 billion worth of Nvidia's shares on Thursday's market session, accounting for almost a 20% all trading in S&P 500 stocks.

In other stock market news this week, Reddit filed documentation for its IPO with stock symbol RDDT with a potential release date in March. Carvana announced its first annual profits in the last 10 years, making its stock surge 33% during the pre-market session on Friday.

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