U.S. Stock Market Top 20 by Trading Value: Nvidia Hits All-Time High

Nvidia, the top stock by trading value on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, rose 4.98% to $201.28, breaking $200 for the first time and setting a new record close, with $56.962 billion traded and market cap nearing $4.9 trillion, per the finance card above. At the GTC Data Center Conference, Nvidia announced AI advancements.

 

 

CEO Jensen Huang unveiled NVQLink, a system connecting quantum computers to Nvidia AI chips, paving the way for next-gen supercomputers and reducing qubit error rates. Nvidia has partnered with 17 quantum computing firms supporting NVQLink.  

 

Huang also announced collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy to build seven next-gen supercomputers equipped with Nvidia AI chips for federal research labs.  

 

He stated, “I don’t think we’re in an AI bubble.”  

 

Nvidia revealed partnerships with Stellantis, Lucid Group, Mercedes-Benz, Uber, and Palantir.

 

Tesla, second in trading value, rose 1.80% to $460.55 with $36.747 billion traded, per the finance card above. Chair Robyn Denholm said “time will tell” if Musk leaves Tesla after shareholders rejected his pay package, noting voting is in its early stages with most investors waiting until the last minute. She called Musk “the right leader for the next decade.”

 

Microsoft, third in trading value, rose 1.98% to $542.07 with $16.195 billion traded, briefly pushing its market cap above $4 trillion, per the finance card above. Microsoft and OpenAI announced a restructuring deal.

 

OpenAI’s nonprofit became the OpenAI Foundation, holding ~$130 billion in the for-profit arm, now a Public Benefit Corporation named OpenAI Group PBC. The Foundation holds 26% equity, employees and investors 47%, and Microsoft, as the largest shareholder, 27%.

 

Apple, fifth in trading value, rose 0.07% to $269.00 with $11.113 billion traded, briefly surpassing a $4 trillion market cap intraday, per the finance card above.

 

Intel, ninth in trading value, rose 5.03% to $41.53 with $7.464 billion traded, per the finance card above. CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who joined in March, is refocusing the struggling chipmaker on engineering to address complacency and mismanagement.

 

He blamed “too many management layers” for Intel’s fall from semiconductor leadership. Tan is prioritizing AI opportunities and Intel’s nascent foundry business, noting he convinced President Trump to invest after sharing his strategy.

 

Broadcom, 10th in trading value, rose 3.02% with $7.384 billion traded.

 

PayPal, 13th in trading value, rose 3.94% with $6.373 billion traded. PayPal partnered with OpenAI to integrate its digital wallet into ChatGPT for seamless transactions, positioning it strongly in AI-driven e-commerce.

 

SoFi Technologies, 14th in trading value, rose 5.53% with $5.543 billion traded. SoFi set Q3 records with surging loan demand and member growth. Adjusted net revenue hit $950 million, beating $889 million estimates, with EPS of $0.11. Personal loans rose 53% to $7.5 billion, student loans 58% to $1.5 billion, and home loans nearly doubled to $945 million.

 

Qualcomm, 17th in trading value, fell 3.54% to $181.03 with $3.677 billion traded, per the finance card above. Qualcomm will deliver a new advanced quantum computing solution with Nvidia. Citigroup raised its target from $170 to $175.

 

Oracle, 20th in trading value, fell 0.20% to $280.83 with $3.398 billion traded, per the finance card above. Nvidia and Oracle will build an AI supercomputer for the U.S. Department of Energy. Oracle’s CEO said AI has real value with demand far exceeding supply.