Nvidia reported its fourth-quarter results after Wednesday's closing bell. Investors and analysts have focused on early sales of the company's new Blackwell line.

Nvidia’s total market value as of the close Wednesday, before the release of its earnings report. That’s second in the S&P 500 behind Apple ($3.611 trillion). Microsoft is third with a market value just below $3 trillion ($2.972 trillion). Two years ago, Nvidia’s market value was below $600 billion.

Nvidia shares fell Thursday morning, as a somewhat muted post-results session kicked off. The AI chip maker's stock is popular with individual investors and often swings wildly following earnings. But