Microsoft reaches a $2 trillion market cap joins Apple in $2 trillion club

Microsoft has now officially entered the club of the best corporations which have market value exceeding $2 trillion.

The tech company after Apple (AAPL) is the second American organization that is being publicly traded to reach this valuation. In 2019, the oil organization Saudi Aramco open to the world has also passed that mark recently. However Saudi Aramco’s market capital on Tuesday was $1.88 trillion.

During exchanging on Tuesday Microsoft (MSFT) market capitalization reached $2 trillion and closed $300 million short of that mark. Its stock on Tuesday climbed 1.1% to $265.51.

The organization came to the $2 trillion achievement a little more than two years after it previously passed the $1 trillion market cap mark.

The change in US tech company, Microsoft’s market position can be a result of coronavirus pandemic. During pandemic individuals shifted to gadgets and spent more time than usual on their gadgets. This resulted in boosting interest for Microsoft’s PCs, gaming frameworks and cloud computing stage. Also, a securities exchange rally — alongside the achievement of tech organizations specifically — lifted its offers.

After the pandemic grew serious in the United States and stringent lockdowns were started to be imposed, Microsoft stock has acquired 64% since March 2020.

In the month of April, Microsoft detailed deals were up 19% year-more than year to $41.7 billion for the three months finished March 31.

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