U.S. Stock Market Top 20 by Trading Value: Safety Concerns for About 2.9 Million FSD-Equipped Tesla Vehicles

Nvidia, the top stock by trading value on Thursday, rose 1.83% with $35.134 billion traded, hitting intraday and closing record highs, with its market cap nearing $4.7 trillion. Insiders say the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security issued Nvidia an export license under a May 2025 bilateral AI agreement, allowing billions in chip exports to the UAE.  

 

Cantor Fitzgerald raised Nvidia’s target price to $300.  

 

Tesla, second in trading value, fell 0.72% with $29.732 billion traded. Tesla faces a U.S. federal investigation over potential safety issues with its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system.  

 

 

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received media reports, owner feedback, and accident data showing 44 incidents where FSD-equipped Tesla vehicles ran red lights, veered into oncoming traffic, or violated traffic rules, causing collisions, some with injuries.  

 

NHTSA’s Thursday announcement said the probe covers all Tesla vehicles with Full Self-Driving (Supervised) or (Beta), estimated at 2.882 million vehicles.  

 

AMD, third in trading value, fell 1.13% with $21.96 billion traded, after three days of gains totaling 43%. Its CEO confirmed details of the Instinct MI450 GPU, using a 2nm process, marking progress in high-performance computing hardware.  

 

Apple, fifth in trading value, fell 1.56% with $9.705 billion traded. OpenAI raised concerns with EU antitrust regulators about potentially harmful practices by Google, Microsoft, and Apple, citing “difficulties” competing with established firms and urging intervention to prevent customer lock-in.  

 

Meta Platforms, seventh in trading value, rose 2.18% with $8.978 billion traded. Reports say Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun considered resigning in September, frustrated by tightened research review policies, per six insiders.  

 

Oracle, ninth in trading value, rose 3.06% with $7.814 billion traded. TD Cowen named it a “top pick,” citing big AI revenue potential, while Baird initiated coverage with an “outperform” rating.  

 

Applovin, 14th in trading value, fell 4.67% with $3.76 billion traded. Insiders say the SEC is probing its data collection practices, alleging violations of platform partner agreements for targeted ads. SEC’s cyber and emerging tech enforcement team is handling the case.  

 

Alibaba, 16th in trading value, fell 4.11% with $3.671 billion traded.  

 

IREN, 17th in trading value, rose 6.26% to a record high with $3.593 billion traded, up over 550% year-to-date.  

 

Netflix, 20th in trading value, rose 1.39% with $3.464 billion traded. Co-CEO Greg Peters said the company launched video games for TV screens, a key growth step, including multiplayer titles like Boggle Party, Pictionary: Game Night, Tetris Time Warp, and Lego Party.