US-based big tech chipmaker Nvidia Corp. shares jumped more than 5% on Wednesday’s Wall Street session after the company’s market capitalisation (M-Cap) crossed $5 trillion.
According to the data collected from the industry market cap tracker, CompanyMarketCap, Nvidia has extended its M-Cap spread with the tech giant Microsoft to establish itself as the most valuable company after the recent surge in the stock price.
The data showed that the chipmaking firm’s market cap stood at more than $5 trillion, while Microsoft’s market cap stood at $4.007 trillion.
Why are Nvidia shares surging?
Mint reported earlier that Nvidia shares have been rallying on the US stock markets after the US-based firm announced its $500 billion worth of new orders of AI processors and seven new supercomputers from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Over the years, Nvidia has recorded several market cap milestones ever since the company marked its billion-dollar valuation back in June 2023.
Nvidia share price trend
Nvidia shares, after jumping 5.5% to hit their intraday high level of $212.19, gradually dropped on Wednesday’s stock market session. The shares of the chipmaking giant were trading nearly 3% higher at $207.10 as of 11:49 a.m. (EDT), according to the data collected from Marketwatch.
Shares of the firm hit their 52-week high level at $212.19 on Wednesday, 29 October 2025, while the 52-week low level was at $86.62. Nvidia’s market capitalisation (M-Cap) stood at $5.09 trillion as of Wednesday’s trading session.
Nvidia shares on the Nasdaq have given US stock market investors more than 1,551% returns on their investment in the last five years and over 48% gains in the last one-year period.
On a year-to-date (YTD) basis, the company’s shares have risen 49.78% in 2025, and are up 13.95% in the last one-month period. Over the last five market sessions on Wall Street, the Nvidia shares have jumped 14.77%.
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