Top 1 in trading volume on U.S. stocks Thursday$Tesla (TSLA.US)$Closed 1.74% higher with a turnover of USD 32.198 billion.
Tesla made significant progress in the annual car brand rankings by Consumer Reports in the United States, successfully ranking among the top 10 car brands overall, while Japanese brands occupied five of the top 10 positions.
The report shows that in the latest 2025 list, Tesla ranked 10th among car brands, with Subaru, BMW, Porsche, Honda, Toyota, Lexus, Lincoln, Hyundai, and Acura taking the top nine spots. In the 2024 U.S. car brand rankings, Tesla was ranked 18th.
Ranking: 2nd$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$Closed 2.12% higher with a turnover of USD 30.401 billion.
On Thursday, it was reported that NVIDIA will add multiple supported titles to the GeForce NOW platform this month, including popular and newly released games such as Hogwarts Legacy, Octopath Traveler 0, PowerWash Simulator 2, ROUTINE, and Kingdom of the Fog.
3rd place$Meta Platforms (META.US)$Closed 3.43% higher with a turnover of USD 19.797 billion.
According to reports, the company's CEO, Zuckerberg, is planning to significantly reduce resources allocated to the company’s metaverse business. Informed sources stated that the company’s executives have considered cutting the budget of the metaverse division by up to 30%.
This move is highly significant for the Facebook parent company, which renamed itself Meta in October 2021 to signal its strategic shift beyond the realm of social media.
5th place$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ Closed 0.65% higher with a turnover of USD 10.609 billion.
Microsoft announced that it will raise the prices of its Office productivity software for commercial and government customers starting July 1 next year. This marks the company's second adjustment to its commercial subscription pricing since 2022, with some enterprise-level plans increasing by more than 10%. Notably, the price increase does not include the $30-per-month Microsoft 365 Copilot artificial intelligence assistant service.
6th Place$Amazon (AMZN.US)$Closed 1.41% lower with a turnover of $10.41 billion.
Amazon stated on Thursday that it is currently in discussions with the United States Postal Service regarding their partnership and plans to evaluate all options before the expiration of the existing contract next year.
Through investments in new fulfillment centers and delivery stations, Amazon has steadily solidified its position as a key player in the U.S. parcel industry, which is valued at nearly $193 billion and has long been dominated by United Parcel Service, FedEx, and the United States Postal Service.
9th Place$Snowflake (SNOW.US)$Closed 11.41% lower with a turnover of $6.072 billion.
Snowflake reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results on Wednesday. However, the company's outlook for operating margin fell short of analysts' expectations, and its product revenue forecast failed to meet investor hopes for higher growth rates, raising concerns about the profitability of its new artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
12th place$Micron Technology (MU.US)$Closed 3.21% lower with a turnover of $5.31 billion.
Micron Technology announced on Wednesday its plan to cease selling storage products to individual consumers in the PC/DIY market, allowing the company to focus its production capacity on providing sufficient storage solutions for high-performance AI chip-driven computing clusters.
"The exponential expansion of data centers driven by the AI megatrend has led to a surge in demand for DRAM and NAND product lines," said Sumit Sadana, Micron’s business executive, in a recent statement. "Micron has made the difficult decision to exit the Crucial consumer business in order to enhance the supply and support of storage products for large strategic customers in faster-growing segments."
15th Place$Salesforce (CRM.US)$Shares closed 3.66% higher with a trading volume of USD 5.041 billion.
The company's revenue for the third fiscal quarter increased by 8.6% year-over-year to USD 10.26 billion, slightly below analyst expectations; non-GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) grew nearly 35% year-over-year to USD 3.25, significantly surpassing both company and analyst forecasts.
The annualized recurring revenue (ARR) for the AI platform Agentforce and the data cloud platform Data 360 is approaching USD 1.4 billion, representing a 114% year-over-year growth and sustaining triple-digit expansion momentum.
Revenue for the fourth fiscal quarter is expected to grow 11.3% to 12.3% year-over-year (midpoint 11.8%), marking the first double-digit growth in seven quarters and significantly exceeding analysts' expectations of 9.1%.
Salesforce announced an upward revision to its full-year revenue guidance, raising it to a range of USD 41.45 billion to USD 41.55 billion.
The 17th-ranked $Intel (INTC.US)$ Closing down 7.45%, with a trading volume of $4.368 billion.
Intel announced on Wednesday that after a strategic review, it has decided to retain its Network and Edge Group (NEX) and no longer pursue plans for a sale or spin-off. This decision reflects a shift in the company’s long-term strategy for this business following an improvement in its financial situation. Intel explained that integrating networking assets will strengthen synergies between silicon, software, and systems, further enhancing the overall product competitiveness in areas such as AI, data centers, and edge computing. As part of this move, Intel terminated negotiations with Ericsson, which had previously discussed acquiring shares of NEX.
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