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Microsoft Stock Price at 4-Year High

By Kurt Mackie
02/16/2012

Microsoft's stock price today reached a new high since four years ago.

The stock closed at $31.28 today, marking a near three-point increase compared with the price at about the same period in 2008. A Yahoo Finance chart reports the selling price of Microsoft's stock as $28.42 on Feb. 11, 2008.

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Microsoft's stock price hits four-year high. Source: Yahoo Finance.

Microsoft has been making the rounds with financial analysts this week, explaining its business vision. The company is also preparing to release a "consumer preview" beta of Windows 8, its next-generation client operating system, at the end of this month. Otherwise, there seems to be no obvious explanation for the uptick. Stock prices fluctuate all of the time.

About the Author

Kurt Mackie is senior news producer for 1105 Media's Converge360 group.

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