Nasdaq ends at record high as Big Tech roars back


FILE PHOTO The front facade of the New York Stock Exchange NYSE is seen in New York U.S. February 12 2021. REUTERSBrendan McDermid

FILE PHOTO: The front facade of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is seen in New York, U.S., February 12, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

(Reuters) - The Nasdaq ended at a record high on Tuesday, lifted by Amazon, Microsoft and other top-shelf tech companies as investors shifted their focus to growth stocks.

Microsoft rose 1.1% and its stock market value briefly breached $2 trillion for the first time, while Apple, Facebook and Amazon also rallied more than 1% each.

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