US Internet mail order giant, Amazon market capitalization of 4 days, exceeded 1 trillion dollars (about 111 trillion yen) temporarily. Following Apple's first $ 1 trillion on August 2, it was the second company in the US company "1 trillion dollar company". The breakthrough of IT companies on the west coast is clear.
Amazon shares traded on Monday morning, reaching $ 2050 · 50 at a time, market capitalization exceeded 1 trillion dollars. The closing price on April 4 was 2039.51 dollars, up 1.3% from the previous business day.
In the April - June quarter of 2018 announced in late July, Amazon posted a net profit of about 2,534 million dollars, about 13 times that of the same period last year, with good results, and the stock price continued to rise after that.
The shares of IT companies headquartered in the West Coast are conspicuous in the United States. Google's parent company Alphabet, Microsoft's market capitalization exceeds 800 billion dollars each, Facebook is also about 500 billion dollars, driving the US stock market. (Washington = Akihiko Ogata)