- Tuesday marked the start of a new cycle in global markets, as President Donald Trump started his second day back in the White House, where he will again oversee the world’s largest economy.
Over the course of the first trading day of his presidency, major indices rose, several—but not all—megacap tech stocks saw their share prices increase. Nvidia, whose market cap surpassed Apple’s last year, regained its stock market dominance as the world’s most valuable publicly traded company after a wobbly few weeks to start the year. Meanwhile, Apple faced investor skepticism over its lackluster sales in China.
