The tech giant is only the second publicly traded American company, behind Apple (AAPL), to reach such a valuation. Oil company Saudi Aramco, which went public in 2019, has also previously passed that mark, though its market cap on Tuesday was $1.88 trillion.
Microsoft’s (MSFT) market capitalization topped $2 trillion during trading on Tuesday, and closed just $300 million shy of that mark. Its stock on Tuesday climbed 1.1% to $265.51. The company reached the $2 trillion milestone just over two years after it first passed the $1 trillion market cap mark.
同社は2兆ドルのマイルストーンに到達した(reached the $2 trillion milestone)。
わずか2年で(just over two years)。
最初に1兆ドルの時価総額を超えてから…。
急速に株価が上がったことがわかります。
Covid-19 helped get it there. The pandemic meant people were spending more time on their devices, boosting demand for Microsoft’s computers, gaming systems and cloud computing platform. And a stock market rally — along with the success of tech companies in particular — lifted its shares.