ETFs were net sellers of $356.4 million of Microsoft (MSFT) on Thursday, even though 51 funds bought and 26 sold, with the sellers moving larger amounts. The selling ended a two-day run of net buying, after inflows of $603.2 million on Oct. 28 and $64.3 million on Oct. 27, and followed a $272.5 million net outflow on Oct. 26. QQQ led the selling with a $141.3 million decline, followed by SPY ($120.7 million) and TECL ($111.4 million). Microsoft, a global technology company that develops software, cloud services, devices and AI solutions, has a market cap of $3.88 trillion and trailing-12-month revenue of $346.44 billion, up 18.2%, while its stock is up 8.6% year to date. Over the last five reported days, ETFs were net buyers on three and net sellers on two.
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| Market | US stocks |
|---|---|
| Sector | Information Technology |
| Industry | Systems Software |
| Market cap | $3.9T |
| Close on 10/30/2026 | 521.91 |
| Change that session | -1.55% |
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