Microsoft Rips 7% to an All-Time High, Now a $4.1 Trillion Company

Microsoft just blew past every mark it has ever set. Shares of $MSFT ripped 7% higher, landing at their highest level on record, according to a post from @KobeissiLetter. The jump pushed the software giant's total market value to $4.1 trillion.

That $4.1 trillion figure puts Microsoft in rare air. The company now stands as the third largest in the world by market capitalization, per @KobeissiLetter. Only a tiny handful of businesses have ever climbed into that territory.

A single-session gain of 7% is a big move for a company this size. The bigger the market cap, the more dollars each percentage point represents — and at $4.1 trillion, 7% is an enormous sum of value added in one stretch.

The record high also resets the bar for Microsoft's next chapter. Every prior peak is now history, and the $4.1 trillion level becomes the number to watch from here.