New Delhi, July 4 -- Nvidia share price surged to an all-time high on Thursday, pushing its market capitalization close to the $4 trillion mark and positioning it as the world's most valuable publicly traded company - a milestone driven by relentless investor optimism around artificial intelligence.

Shares of the AI chipmaker rose as much as 2.4% in intraday trading to $160.98, briefly valuing the company at $3.92 trillion - surpassing Apple's record closing market cap of $3.915 trillion set on December 26, 2024. However, Nvidia stock price ended the day up 1.33% at $159.34, with a market value of $3.89 trillion, placing it ahead of both Apple and Microsoft.

Microsoft remains the second-most valuable company on Wall Street with a market...