On Thursday, Tesla, the top stock in U.S. trading volume, rose by 1.73%, with a transaction volume of $31.936 billion. Tesla made significant progress in the annual automotive brand rankings by Consumer Reports in the U.S., successfully entering the top 10 overall automotive brands, while Japanese brands occupied 5 of the top 10 spots.
The report indicated that in the latest 2025 list, Tesla ranked 10th among brands, with the top 9 being Subaru, BMW, Porsche, Honda, Toyota, Lexus, Lincoln, Hyundai, and Acura. In the 2024 U.S. automotive brand rankings, Tesla was ranked 18th.
NVIDIA, ranked 2nd, rose by 2.12%, with a transaction volume of $30.305 billion. Reports on Thursday indicated that NVIDIA will be adding multiple supported titles to the GeForce NOW platform this month, including popular and newly released games such as Hogwarts Legacy, Octopath Traveler II, Totally Accurate Battle Simulator 2, ROUTINE, and Foglands.
Meta Platforms, ranked 3rd, rose by 3.43%, with a transaction volume of $19.748 billion. Reports suggest that CEO Mark Zuckerberg is planning to significantly reduce the company's resources allocated to its metaverse business. Insiders stated that company executives have considered cutting the metaverse department's budget by as much as 30%.
This move is significant for the parent company of Facebook. The company rebranded to Meta in October 2021 to signal a strategic shift beyond social media.
Amazon, ranked 6th, fell by 1.41%, with a transaction volume of $10.37 billion. Amazon announced on Thursday that it is currently in discussions with the United States Postal Service regarding their partnership and plans to evaluate options before the existing contract expires next year.
Through investments in new fulfillment centers and distribution sites, Amazon has gradually solidified its position as a key player in the U.S. parcel industry. The U.S. parcel industry is nearly $193 billion in size, long dominated by UPS, FedEx, and the United States Postal Service.
Snowflake, ranked 9th, fell by 11.41%, with a transaction volume of $6.074 billion. AI research lab Anthropic announced on Wednesday that it will expand its partnership with cloud data company Snowflake, signing a multi-year AI collaboration agreement worth $200 million. Under the agreement, Anthropic's large language models (LLMs) will be integrated into Snowflake's platform, thereby reaching Snowflake's vast customer base.
Morgan Stanley raised Snowflake's target price from $272 to $299. Deutsche Bank increased its target price from $250 to $275.
Micron Technology, ranked 12th, fell by 3.21%, with a transaction volume of $5.288 billion. Micron announced on Wednesday that it plans to stop selling storage products under its sub-brand Crucial to PC/DIY consumers, allowing the company to focus its production capacity on providing sufficient storage products for high-performance AI chip-driven computing clusters
&#34;The exponential expansion of data centers driven by the AI wave has led to a surge in demand for DRAM and NAND series products,&#34; said Micron's business head Sumit Sadana in a recent statement. &#34;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.&#34;
Salesforce, ranked 15th, rose 3.66%, with a trading volume of $4.869 billion. The company's revenue for the third fiscal quarter increased by 8.6% year-on-year to $10.26 billion, slightly below analyst expectations; non-GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) grew nearly 35% year-on-year to $3.25, significantly exceeding both company and analyst forecasts.
The annual recurring revenue (ARR) for the AI platform Agentforce and the data cloud platform Data 360 approached $1.4 billion, a year-on-year increase of 114%, maintaining a triple-digit growth momentum.
Revenue for the fourth fiscal quarter is expected to grow by 11.3% to 12.3% year-on-year (median 11.8%), marking the first double-digit growth in seven quarters, significantly higher than the analyst expectation of 9.1%.
Salesforce announced an upward revision of its full-year revenue guidance to $41.45 billion to $41.55 billion.
Intel, ranked 17th, fell 7.45%, with a trading volume of $4.299 billion. Intel announced on Wednesday that after a strategic assessment, it has decided to retain its Networking and Communications division (NEX) and will no longer pursue plans for sale or spin-off. This decision reflects a shift in the company's long-term strategy for this business following improvements in its financial situation. Intel explained that integrating networking assets helps strengthen the synergies between silicon, software, and systems, further enhancing overall product competitiveness in areas such as AI, data centers, and edge computing. As part of this initiative, Intel has terminated negotiations with Ericsson, which had previously discussed acquiring a stake in NEX

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Tesla rose nearly 2%, entering the top 10 of American automotive brands; Meta rose over 3%, and Mark Zuckerberg plans to significantly reduce the company's metaverse business resources; Micron fell over 3%, planning to stop the consumer business of its sub-brand Inphi and cease supply to the PC/DIY market

- On Thursday, Tesla's stock rose by 1.73%, with a trading volume of $31.936 billion, marking a significant improvement in the U.S. Consumer Reports annual automotive brand rankings, where Tesla ranked 10th.  
- Nvidia's stock increased by 2.12% as it announced new game additions to its GeForce NOW platform, while Meta Platforms saw a 3.43% rise amid plans to cut its metaverse budget by up to 30%.  
- Amazon's stock fell by 1.41% as it evaluated its partnership with the U.S. Postal Service, and Intel's stock dropped by 7.45% after deciding to retain its networking division, reflecting a strategic shift.

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