No. 1 in US stock turnover on Wednesday$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$It closed down 2.85% to US$45.457 billion. Nvidia announced its results report as of January 28, 2024. The company's quarterly revenue reached a record 22.1 billion US dollars, an increase of 265% year over year; annual revenue also reached a record high of 60.9 billion US dollars, an increase of 126%. As of press release, Nvidia surged more than 10% after the market.

Second place$Tesla (TSLA.US)$Sales rose 0.52% to US$20.043 billion. Musk revealed during a Spaces event on social networking platform X that the first human subject from the brain-computer interface company Neuralink “appears to have fully recovered and can move the mouse on a computer screen using only his mind.”

3rd place$Palo Alto Networks (PANW.US)$It closed down 28.44% to $11.732 billion. According to recent financial data, the company achieved operating income of 1,888 billion US dollars, net profit of 194 million US dollars, earnings per share of 0.63 US dollars, gross profit of 1.405 billion US dollars, and a price-earnings ratio of 94.42 times.

In terms of institutional ratings, out of all 46 agencies participating in the rating, 80% of brokerage firms gave buying suggestions, 17% gave holding suggestions, and 3% gave selling suggestions.

Fourth place$Super Micro Computer (SMCI.US)$It closed down 6.78% to $10.737 billion. According to documents disclosed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 20, George Kao, the company's senior vice president of operations, sold 1,884 shares of ultra-microcomputer common stock at an average price of $993 per share on February 15, worth approximately $1,870,800.

5th place$Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$It closed down 0.84% to $7.889 billion. According to SEC documents, AMD's Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President Papermaster Mark D sold 16,200 common shares at an average price of US$177.57 per share on February 15, with a value of approximately US$2,8776,700.

7th place$Amazon (AMZN.US)$The closing price was 0.9% higher, and the transaction was $7.48 billion. Amazon will join the Dow Jones Industrial Average to replace$Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA.US)$, effective from next Monday (26th).

According to documents from the US Securities Regulatory Commission, Bezos sold Amazon shares several times from last Thursday to Tuesday this week, and sold a total of about 14 million shares, at a total price of about 2.37 billion US dollars.

Eighth place$Apple (AAPL.US)$The closing was up 0.42%, and the transaction was $7.458 billion. Apple's first head-mounted display device, Vision Pro, went on sale at the beginning of this month, sparking a rush to buy. Now that more than half a month has passed, there is news that many customers who bought the first batch chose to return it due to a poor experience. However, there are also reports that the return rate for this headset is not significantly higher than that of other products.

A news website dedicated to Apple products recently conducted a survey on social media. 45% of respondents said they would return Vision Pro. Apple has yet to comment on the return rate for this product.

According to data obtained by the media, Vision Pro's return volume is related to store location. Some smaller stores return about one or two items a day, while larger stores may return eight items a day. Another website focusing on Apple products said that, according to the survey, Vision Pro's return rate remains at an average level compared to other products.

9th place$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$It closed down 0.15% and traded $7.41 billion. Microsoft and Intel said at an event on Wednesday that Microsoft plans to use Intel's 18A manufacturing technology to produce self-developed chips. They didn't say exactly what product it was, but Microsoft recently announced plans to develop two self-developed chips. One is a computer processor and the other is an artificial intelligence accelerator.

10th$Meta Platforms (META.US)$It closed down 0.68% and traded $6.025 billion. Meta CEO Zuckerberg is reported to be planning to visit South Korea at the end of this month and coordinate a meeting with South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol. A relevant person in the South Korean presidential office said in an interview that Meta expressed their desire to meet Yoon Seok-yeol, and the South Korean presidential office is actively considering this. According to reports, this will be Zuckerberg's second visit to South Korea after a lapse of 10 years since June 2013.

11th$Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$The closing was 1.01% higher, and the transaction was US$3.296 billion. Google unveiled the next-generation open source model “Gemma” on Wednesday. The company says it is the “most advanced” open model series in the lightweight category, surpassing the original strongest Mistral 7B.

Currently, the Gemma series has two weight scale models, namely “Gemma 2B” and “Gemma 7B”, that is, 2 billion parameters and 7 billion parameters to meet the different needs of developers. Google wrote in a press release that Gemma 2B and 7B showed the most advanced performance on the same parameter scale compared to other open models, and even surpassed some larger models, thanks to sharing technology and infrastructure with the company's strongest AI model, Gemini.

13th place$Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.US)$It closed down 1.29% to $2,624 million. According to documents disclosed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 20, Eli Lilly ENDOWMENT INC sold 169,700 common shares at an average price of US$780.992 per share on February 16, worth approximately US$133 million.

14th cybersecurity company$CrowdStrike (CRWD.US)$It closed down 9.68% to $2,609 billion. The cybersecurity sector of US stocks generally declined on Wednesday due to Pietuo Network's lower performance expectations.

15th$Intel (INTC.US)$It closed down 2.36% to $2,507 billion. Microsoft and Intel said at an event on Wednesday that Microsoft plans to use Intel's 18A manufacturing technology to produce self-developed chips. They didn't say exactly what product it was, but Microsoft recently announced plans to develop two self-developed chips. One is a computer processor and the other is an artificial intelligence accelerator.

Intel has always sought to prove its competitive edge in the foundry market. The foundry chip business is a major transformation for this semiconductor pioneer. Recently, Intel is trying to catch up with leading companies in the industry such as TSMC.

20th$Exxon Mobil (XOM.US)$The closing was 2.04% higher, and the transaction was $2.92 billion. ExxonMobil warned a few days ago that if the EU does not reduce complicated environmental regulations, the company may prioritize investment in other regions of the world.

Karen McKee, president of ExxonMobil's product solutions division, told the media that ExxonMobil has set aside $20 billion for decarbonization projects between 2022 and 2027, but as the regulatory burden it faces in Europe becomes more frustrating, the company may prioritize the rest of the world.

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