Nvidia tops Microsoft, regains most valuable company title for first time since January

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks as he visits Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to announce a U.S. supercomputer to be powered by Nvidia's forthcoming Vera Rubin chips, in Berkeley, California, U.S., May 29, 2025. Nvidia passed Microsoft in market cap on Tuesday, once again becoming the most valuable publicly traded company in the world. Shares of the artificial intelligence chipmaker rose about 3% on Tuesday to $141.40, and the stock has surged nearly 24% in the past month as Nvidia's growth has persisted even through export control and tariff concerns. The company now has a $3.45 trillion market cap. Microsoft closed Tuesday with a $3.44 trillion market cap. Nvidia has been trading places with Apple and Microsoft at the top of the market cap ranks since last June. The last time Nvidia was the most-valuable company was on Jan. 24. Nvidia and other chip named boosted markets Tuesday. Broadcom rose by 3%, and Micron Technology gained 4%. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF , which tracks a bas ... Read full article.