Why Microsoft Stock Surged Today
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Microsoft ( MSFT +2.95% ) stock moved higher in Wednesday's trading as investors shifted their positioning when it came to artificial intelligence stocks. The company's share price closed out the day up 3%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 fell 0.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite moved 0.7% lower. Investors moved out of AI chip stocks today and bought back into artificial intelligence software plays. In addition to that positive catalyst, Microsoft also scored a new long-term deal. While AI chip stocks have enjoyed very strong bullish momentum this year, many leading artificial intelligence software providers have had a rougher go of things . It's possible that the dynamic is in the early stages of shifting. It's still too early to proclaim that a sustained rotation back into AI software stocks is underway, but trading over the last week has seen top chip stocks give up some ground and investment capital flow into leading software names. Even with the benefit of some recent bullish momentum, Microsoft stock is still down roughly 20.5% year to date -- and sustained recovery for the broader software space could power more big gains for the stock.
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