Nvidia and Apple are neck and neck in the contest to become the largest U.S. company. The chip maker’s market value briefly surpassed Apple’s in intraday trading Monday, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock hit a new all-time high Monday morning, shaking off its mid-December slump and jumping as much as 5.3%. As of 1:19 p.m. ET, the stock was still up 4.7%. There were a couple of developments that sent the artificial intelligence (AI) chipmaker higher,

Nvidia stock (NVDA) hit a new record high on Jan. 7 of $153.13 during intraday trading but eventually closed down over 6.2% as CEO Jensen Huang outlined the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) endeavors in his keynote speech at CES 2025.