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Microsoft Stock Price Highest in 4 Years
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 16, 2012
Microsoft's stock price reached a four-year high on Thursday.
A Yahoo Finance chart (below) indicates Microsoft's stock had a selling price of $28.42 on Feb. 11, 2008. On Thursday, the stock closed at $31.28, a nearly three-point increase.
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| Microsoft's stock price hits four-year high. (Source: Yahoo Finance.) |
Microsoft has been making the rounds with financial analysts this week, explaining its business vision. The company is also preparing to release a "consumer preview" beta of Windows 8, its next-generation client operating system, at the end of this month. Otherwise, there seems to be no obvious explanation for the uptick. Stock prices fluctuate all of the time.
About the Author
Kurt Mackie is senior news producer for 1105 Media's Converge360 group.