Alphabet breached the $2 trillion market value mark for the first time since November 2021 on Friday, as investors cheered the Google parent announcing its first-ever dividend and a $70 billion stock buyback.The stock was last trading up 11.7% at $173.55, after hitting a record high moments after the market opened.
Open FlipUS stocks opened higher on Friday on megacaps' boost after robust quarterly results from Alphabet pushed its market value over $2 trillion while an in-line reading for a key inflation print calmed jitters around elevated interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 28.9 points, or 0.08%, at the open to 38,114.7. The S&P 500 rose 36.2 points, or 0.72%, at the open to 5,084.65.
Open FlipFour entities, including Maxgrow Fintrade, have settled with markets regulator Sebi a case concerning the suspected front-running of trades by paying nearly Rs 3 crore towards settlement charges and agreeing to comply with other conditions. The other three entities that settled the case with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) are Bhavin Pankaj Doshi, Nitesh Kumar Jain.
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