Microsoft publishes weekly gain to end the longest loser streak since 2008

With about 10 minutes until the market closes, Microsoft’s The stock was reduced for the week. It would have been the first eight -week losing streak since 2008.

But the shares appeared just before the end of the negotiation, which increases 0.7% for the week to close to $ 391.26. It has still dropped 7% for the year.

The last time Microsoft had a weekly fall as seen this year was between January and February 2008, when the country was in the middle of a financial crisis. Microsoft’s actions fell nine weeks in a row.

Microsoft’s descending current 2025 is remarkable since the company is considered central to the rise of artificial intelligence. It has a considerable participation in OpenAI, is strongly investing in its Azure cloud infrastructure and has many products that are incorporating generative technologies of AI.

Together with his Megacap classmates, Microsoft has seen a recent setback about the concerns that President Donald Trump’s Tariffs and mass costs will harm the economy, possibly lead to a recession.

Since it reached a maximum closure of $ 467.56 in July 2024, Microsoft has dropped around 16%, which takes its market capitalization to $ 2.9 billion. The company issued disappointing income guide It is January. 30.

Within Cloud and AI, competition is warming up in all areas of rivals such as Amazon and Google, as well as new emerging companies. Earl this week, Google announced its intention to acquire WIZ for cloud security starts for $ 32 billion.

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