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Katherine Taylor | Reuters
Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft closed at new all-time highs Tuesday, a day when the Nasdaq Composite Catalogue hit a new record.
Big Tech stocks have fared better than most during the coronavirus pandemic as newly standoffish workers have had come to rely more than ever on online services. Thanks to their large market outdoes, they’ve also helped buoy the stock market, which has staged a comeback despite huge unemployment add ups sparked by widespread stay-at-home orders.
Facebook, Apple and Amazon all rose more than 3% Tuesday while Microsoft bug out about 0.8%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 0.3%, briefly rising above 10,000 for the first antiquated. The S&P 500 was down about 0.8%.
The combined market value of the four companies is now close to $5 trillion, with Apple affirming the top spot at nearly $1.5 trillion. Facebook is the only one of the group with a market cap below $1 trillion.
Google parent-company is Alphabet the one one of the five largest tech stocks not to close at an all-time high. It’s still about 5% behind its all-time peak of $1,524.87, where it closed on Feb. 19.
The S&P 500 erased its losses for the year on Monday following a Friday jobs report that pacified economists’ worst fears but still delivered a bleak glimpse into the state of unemployment in the U.S. Still, data displayed that the slight job gains were distributed inequitably. The unemployment rate for black workers grew slightly in May consideration a decline of nearly two percentage points for white workers.
While the likelihood of continued restrictions on city life and promise of a second wave of the virus could weigh on some businesses, the tech companies are well-positioned to continue serving chaps from home. New modes of working and socializing have made tech platforms central to many people’s communication. Amazon recently portended an estimated $4 billion investment into efforts to respond to the virus, which could create new business occasions later on.
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