✎ Contributed by Ty Griffin
Despite a surprise 0.3% contraction in U.S. GDP for the first quarter of 2025, megacap tech stocks surged Wednesday as investors shrugged off macroeconomic concerns and rotated back into high-growth names. The downturn was driven largely by collapsing net exports, as businesses frontloaded shipments ahead of sweeping new tariffs. Still, core demand indicators—such as private domestic purchases—remained solid, reinforcing investor confidence in the tech sector’s resilience.
Performance of Public Megacap Tech Companies
- Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL): Trading at $212.60, up $0.10 (0.05%) today.
- Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT): Trading at $428.96, up $33.70 (8.53%) today.
- Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL): Trading at $161.23, up $2.43 (1.53%) today.
- Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN): Trading at $189.44, up $5.02 (2.72%) today.
- Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA): Trading at $113.60, up $4.68 (4.29%) today.
- Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META): Trading at $574.62, up $25.61 (4.67%) today.
- Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA): Trading at $283.93, up $1.77 (0.63%) today.
Industry Impact
The strong gains in the tech sector reflect growing investor confidence in earnings durability, particularly among software, AI, and advertising-driven platforms. Microsoft led the rally after posting robust quarterly results, pushing the stock to new highs. Nvidia and Meta followed closely, lifted by continued optimism in AI infrastructure and digital advertising demand.
The divergence between weak macroeconomic data and strong equity performance highlights the market’s selective confidence—favoring asset-light, innovation-driven business models even as trade headwinds and inflation pressures linger.
Analysts noted that the GDP miss had already been partially priced in, while corporate earnings reports—especially from the tech sector—offered more compelling forward-looking signals. With rate expectations steady and fiscal policy tightening in motion, institutional capital is flowing toward companies demonstrating pricing power, operational scale, and defensible margins.
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