It was a magnificent day for the stock market Tuesday, highlighted by a strong performance by the Magnificent Seven technology giants, led by Tesla Inc. and Apple Inc. shares.
The S&P 500 index SPX powered up 1.9%, with 466 components gaining ground, while the tech-friendly Nasdaq-100 Index NDX bulled 2.1% higher with 94 components rising. Investors cheered tame inflation data, which fueled hopes that interest rates may have peaked.
The total market capitalization of the Magnificent Seven companies was $ 11.69 trillion at Tuesday’s close, which represented about 29.1% of the total market cap of the S&P 500 companies of $ 40.11 trillion, according to a MarketWatch calculation of FactSet data.
The Seven saw their aggregate market caps increase by $ 207.5 billion, based on the shares outstanding provided in the companies’ latest quarterly filings, to reassert themselves as the market’s leaders.
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Here’s how each of the Seven made out on Tuesday:
- Alphabet Inc.’s stock GOOGL, +1.16% GOOG, +1.34% rallied $ 1.53, or 1.2%, $ 133.62, to add $ 19.15 billion to the internet search behemoth’s market cap, which was $ 1.67 trillion at Tuesday’s close. The stock, which closed at a three-week high, has run up 7.7% amid a 10-session stretch in which it has gained eight times.
- Amazon.com Inc. shares AMZN, +2.25% climbed $ 3.21, or 2.3%, to $ 145.80, to increase the e-commerce and cloud services company’s market cap by $ 33.17 billion to $ 1.51 trillion. The stock closed at its highest price since April 25, 2022.
- Apple Inc.’s stock AAPL, +1.43% advanced $ 2.64, or 1.4%, to close at a 10-week high of $ 187.44. The technology behemoth’s market cap got a $ 41.06 billion boost to $ 2.92 trillion, to maintain its lead as the most valuable S&P 500 company.
- Shares of social-media giant Meta Platforms Inc. META, +2.16% surged $ 7.12, or 2.2%, to $ 336.31, the highest close since Jan. 4, 2022. The stock has closed higher for eight straight sessions, the longest win streak since the 11-day stretch that ended Sept. 21, 2015. Meta’s market cap rose by $ 18.30 billion on Tuesday to $ 864.3 billion.
- Shares of Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +0.98%, the second-most valuable S&P 500 company, moved up $ 3.59, or 1%, to $ 370.27, the fourth record close in the past six sessions. The software behemoth’s market cap increased by $ 26.68 billion on Tuesday to $ 2.75 trillion.
- Nvidia Corp. shares NVDA, +2.13% shot up $ 10.36, or 2.1%, to $ 496.56, their first record close since Aug. 31. The semiconductor maker and artificial-intelligence play’s stock has rallied 21.8% amid a 10-day winning streak, the longest such streak since the 10-day stretch that ended Dec. 27, 2016, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The company’s market cap got a $ 25.59 billion lift Tuesday to $ 1.23 trillion.
- Tesla Inc.’s stock TSLA, +6.12% charged $ 13.70, or 6.1%, higher, to a one-month closing high of $ 237.41. The electric-vehicle maker’s market cap swelled by $ 43.55 billion on Tuesday to $ 754.71 billion, which is $ 116.25 billion more than what it was at the end of October.