Nvidia becomes the first company worth $5 trillion

Nvidia's market capitalisation has exceeded 5 trillion dollars for the first time. It is the first company in the world to reach this mark. Just three months ago it became the first to pass 4 trillion.

The rise in its shares is linked to the artificial intelligence boom: Nvidia's graphics processors underpin most large data centres for training neural networks.

The day before, chief executive Jensen Huang spoke of orders worth hundreds of billions of dollars for Blackwell chips and the next-generation Rubin.

Some analysts warn of signs that the AI market is overheating. However, large technology companies continue to increase investment in computing capacity.