Microsoft (MSFT) stock: CFD on a US share

Before reading any chart for Microsoft (MSFT), confirm which venue you are actually accessing. This is a US-listed share whose home market is NASDAQ; the Nigerian Exchange does not carry it, so any exposure available to a local reader comes through a derivative rather than a direct purchase of the underlying stock.

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company based in Redmond, Washington. It rose to prominence alongside the personal computer through software such as Windows, and its activities now extend into Internet services, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and video gaming, among other areas. The business sits within the technology and software industries, with software development central to what it does. Its founding traces to 1975, and BlackRock and Bill Gates appear among its main owners.

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