Microsoft 16 December 2025 - 28 December 2025

Microsoft shares traded near $487, slightly lower midday Friday, as U.S. markets saw thin, post-holiday volumes and major indexes hovered near record highs. Microsoft’s market cap stands at about $3.85 trillion, with investors focused on the balance between heavy AI spending and future monetization.

U.S. markets reopen Dec. 26 after the Christmas break, with Microsoft last trading near $488 and a $3.85 trillion market cap. Investors are watching Microsoft’s heavy AI and cloud spending, with Q1 cloud revenue up 26% to $49 billion and capital expenditures at $34.9 billion. Wall Street remains split on near-term margin pressure versus long-term AI growth. Microsoft 365 Copilot Business for SMBs was recently launched.

Microsoft shares closed at $488.02 on Dec. 24, about 12% below their 52-week high. The company announced $23 billion in new AI investments, including $17.5 billion in India and over $5 billion in Canada. Microsoft will raise global Microsoft 365 prices in July 2026, with larger hikes for small business plans. U.S. markets reopen Friday after the Christmas holiday.

Microsoft shares traded near $485 on Dec. 23, 2025, with the company’s market cap around $3.6 trillion. Wedbush reiterated a $625 price target, calling Microsoft the enterprise AI leader and predicting 2026 as a key year for AI deployment. Most analysts’ targets cluster in the low $600s. Trading volumes remained light ahead of the holidays.

Microsoft last traded near $485.92, with a 52-week range of $344.79 to $555.45. The company posted record capital expenditures of almost $35 billion in its fiscal first quarter and warned spending will keep rising, citing AI capacity constraints that may last through June 2026. Microsoft declared a $0.91/share dividend payable March 12, 2026. U.S. markets close early Dec. 24 and remain shut Dec. 25.

Microsoft shares closed at $485.92 Friday, up 0.4%, then slipped to around $485 in after-hours trading on volume of 16.3 million shares. The session was shaped by AI-driven gains and heavy options expirations, with about $7.1 trillion in contracts expiring. Microsoft’s market cap stood near $3.85 trillion. The S&P 500 rose 0.9%, Nasdaq 1.3%.

Microsoft shares traded near $476.12 as of 14:21 UTC, leaving its market value around $3.85 trillion. Investors weighed heavy AI infrastructure spending and competition from Google’s Gemini 3 Flash rollout. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman said keeping up in AI could cost “hundreds of billions” over the next decade. Wall Street remains focused on the pace and profitability of Microsoft’s AI investments.

Microsoft closed at $476.09 Wednesday, down 0.06%, then rose to $476.67 in early after-hours trading. Shares moved little as investors weighed OpenAI funding talks involving Amazon and awaited Thursday’s U.S. inflation data. Microsoft holds a 27% stake in OpenAI and exclusive rights to sell its models. Morgan Stanley reiterated Microsoft as its top software pick, citing Azure’s AI profitability.

Microsoft closed Tuesday at $476.39, up 0.33%, then slipped to $475.30 in after-hours trading. The S&P 500 fell 0.2%, Dow dropped 0.6%, and Nasdaq rose 0.2% as investors reacted to mixed U.S. economic data and shifting rate expectations. Microsoft’s market cap stood near $3.85 trillion. Intraday trading ranged from $471.06 to $477.81.

Microsoft shares traded near $473.47 midday Tuesday, down slightly from a previous close of $474.82, with a market cap around $3.53 trillion. The stock moved as investors weighed a delayed U.S. jobs report showing 64,000 new jobs and 4.6% unemployment, influencing rate expectations and tech valuations.