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Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion

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The AI chipmaker's stock topped its May peak on Friday, helped by a record $150 billion buyback and a weak jobs report that cooled bets on Fed rate hikes.

Directly affected

  • NVDA Nvidia

    Named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • TSM Taiwan Semiconductor

    The main advanced-chip manufacturer sits in Taiwan

  • ASML ASML

    Chipmaking-equipment sales follow export rules

  • AVGO Broadcom

    Chip makers and their suppliers move when export rules or Taiwan risk changes

  • TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond

    Long-term bonds move when yields change

  • IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond

    Treasury bonds move when yields change

  • AMD AMD

    Chip makers and their suppliers move when export rules or Taiwan risk changes

  • AMAT Applied Materials

    Chip-equipment makers feel export controls

  • LRCX Lam Research

    Chip-equipment makers feel export controls

  • SMH VanEck Semiconductor

    A fund of semiconductor companies

  • HTT HIGH TEMPLAR TECHNOLOGY LTD

    GA selected HTT as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: technology, high. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

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AMAT———————
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SMH———————
HTT———————

The AI chipmaker's stock topped its May peak on Friday, helped by a record $150 billion buyback and a weak jobs report that cooled bets on Fed rate hikes.

Source: Decrypt

Price since this story was published: Nvidia (NVDA)

Since the first closing price after “Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion,” Nvidia (NVDA) is -9.21%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -1.08% over the same days, a -8.13% difference versus the market.

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Filings that name Nvidia (NVDA) around 2 Oct 2026

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Who gains and who loses around Nvidia (NVDA)

Companies carried with this story

  • NVDA Nvidia

    Nvidia (NVDA) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 2 Oct 2026 story “Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion.” Reason on file: The reported development directly names NVIDIA CORPORATION in the headline; GA resolved that company to NVDA

  • HTT High Templar Tech

    High Templar Tech (HTT) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 2 Oct 2026 story “Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion.” Reason on file: GA selected HTT as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: technology, high. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • SUPX SuperX AI Technology

    SuperX AI Technology (SUPX) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 2 Oct 2026 story “Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion.” Reason on file: GA selected SUPX as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: technology, ai. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ABAT American Battery Technology

    American Battery Technology (ABAT) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 2 Oct 2026 story “Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion.” Reason on file: GA selected ABAT as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: technology. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ACM Aecom

    In “Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion,” Aecom (ACM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected ACM as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: technology. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • AOSL Alpha & Omega Semiconductor

    For “Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion,” Alpha & Omega Semiconductor (AOSL) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AOSL as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: semiconductor. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • BBAI BigBear.ai Holdings

    For “Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion,” BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected BBAI as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: ai. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

Nvidia (NVDA)

The 2 Oct 2026 story “Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion” names Nvidia (NVDA) because of this story.

Nvidia (NVDA) is on the page because The reported development directly names NVIDIA CORPORATION in the headline; GA resolved that company to NVDA

Also listed, High Templar Tech (HTT): GA selected HTT as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: technology, high. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

Dates and price levels for Nvidia (NVDA)

HTT traded between 2.03 and 2.52 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 2.06. NVDA traded between 212.87 and 243.34 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 217.09. SUPX traded between 6.15 and 7.09 across 10 sessions. The latest close on file is 6.72.

How strong the case is around Nvidia (NVDA)

46 out of 100

“Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 7 linked companies.