On Thursday, the top traded stock in the USA was Tesla, closing down 6.08% with a transaction volume of 41.592 billion USD. The second was NVIDIA, closing up 2.99% with a transaction volume of 27.094 billion USD. The third was Apple, closing down 2.62% with a transaction volume of 13.656 billion USD.
On Thursday, the top trading volume in U.S. stocks. $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ It closed down 6.08%, with a trading volume of 41.592 billion USD. Tesla's annual delivery volume has declined for the first time in over a decade. The company announced on Thursday that last year's sales were 1.79 million vehicles, lower than 1.8 million vehicles in 2023 and below general expectations from Analysts.
In addition, the company's delivery volume for the fourth quarter ending December 31 fell short of expectations, with total deliveries of 495,570 vehicles, lower than the expected 512,277 vehicles from Analysts, of which 471,930 were Model 3/Y deliveries, while Analysts had expected 484,575.
Second place. $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ It rose by 2.99%, with a trading volume of 27.094 billion USD. According to media reports, NVIDIA may have established an ASIC department and plans to recruit thousands of chip design, Software Development, and AI research personnel.
3rd place $Apple (AAPL.US)$ Dropped by 2.62%, with a transaction volume of 13.656 billion USD. Apple announced a New Year promotion targeting the USA market, offering discounted prices on products including the new iPhone Smart Phone, with some iPhone models discounted by up to 500 yuan. Reports indicate that this rare price cut is to counter the competition from domestic phone brands in the USA.
Analyst Anurag Rana noted that the price cut is "not surprising" and stated that iPhone sales may not see significant growth in the fiscal year 2025. Rana pointed out in a report, "This is because there is no Apple Intelligence in many regions, including China, where the company's market situation is troubled by slowing Consumer spending and increasing competition."
Fourth place $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ Increased by 2.34%, with a transaction volume of 7.561 billion USD. The company plans to add a display to its Ray-Ban smart glasses as early as 2025, as this American Technology giant is accelerating its plan to create lightweight head-worn devices, aiming for this head-worn device to replace Smart Phones as the primary computing device for Consumers.
Ranked 7th. $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ Closed down 0.69%, with a transaction volume of 7.067 billion USD. According to reports, Microsoft Edge browser will receive more AI features and will be further integrated into the Win11 system tray.
Ranked 8th. $MicroStrategy (MSTR.US)$ Closed up 3.59%, with a transaction volume of 5.382 billion USD. On Thursday, cryptocurrency-related stocks in the USA rose across the board.
Rank 10 $Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$ Closed down 0.13%, with a transaction volume of 4.166 billion USD. According to the latest news, the AMD RX 9070 series is confirmed to be released on January 7 local time, but there is still no clear statement on when it will be available for sale.
The 13th ranked quantum computing company. $Rigetti Computing (RGTI.US)$ Shares rose 31.06%, with a transaction of 3.259 billion USD. Reports on Thursday morning indicated that investment bank State Street disclosed that it acquired nearly 0.31 million shares of this Technology company in the third quarter. As a result, State Street's shareholding in Rigetti increased by 12.9% in the third quarter, reaching 2.71 million shares.
Ranked 15th. $Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM.US)$ Increased by 2.07%, with a transaction of 2.201 billion USD. Research institutions estimate that by 2025, Taiwan Semiconductor's inclusion of production capacity from the old factory acquired from Innolux and the Taichung plant will help CoWoS monthly capacity reach a new high of 0.075 million pieces, nearly doubling compared to 2024, with the expectation that in 2026, it will continue to expand in response to strong market demand. In addition to its own expansion, Taiwan Semiconductor is also collaborating with packaging and testing partners such as ASE Technology and Amkor to increase production.
Ranked 16th. $Boeing (BA.US)$ Closed down 2.90%, with a transaction volume of 2.145 billion USD. The Ministry of Commerce has listed 28 American entities under export control, involving giants like Boeing and General Dynamics.
Ranked 19th among used car retailers. $Carvana (CVNA.US)$ Closed down 1.87%, with a transaction volume of 1.891 billion USD. The short-selling institution Hindenburg reported that they shorted Carvana. The institution stated that after four months of research, they found that Carvana sold 0.8 billion USD in loans to suspected undisclosed related parties and engaged in accounting manipulation, while insiders cashed out billions of dollars in stocks.
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