Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks on the Microsoft Construct AI Day occasion in Bangkok, Thailand, on Might 1, 2024.
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With about 10 minutes left till the market’s shut, Microsoft’s inventory was down for the week. It will’ve been the primary eight-week dropping streak since 2008.
However the shares popped simply earlier than the tip of buying and selling, pushing the replenish 0.7% for the week to shut at $391.26. It’s nonetheless down 7% for the yr.
The final time Microsoft had a weekly hunch prefer it has seen this yr was between January and February 2008, when the nation was in the midst of a monetary disaster. Microsoft shares fell 9 straight weeks.
Microsoft’s 2025 downdraft is notable as the corporate is considered as central to the bogus intelligence growth. It has a hefty stake in OpenAI, is investing closely in its Azure cloud infrastructure and has many merchandise which might be incorporating generative AI applied sciences.
Together with its megacap friends, Microsoft has seen a latest pullback on issues that President Donald Trump’s tariffs and big price cuts will harm the financial system, presumably resulting in a recession.
Since reaching a closing excessive of $467.56 in July 2024, Microsoft is down about 16%, pushing its market cap to $2.9 trillion. The corporate issued disappointing income steering on Jan. 30.
Inside cloud and AI, competitors is heating up throughout the board from rivals akin to Amazon and Google, in addition to from rising startups. Earlier this week, Google introduced its intent to accumulate cloud safety startup Wiz for $32 billion.
