MSFT — Microsoft Corp Live Price
MSFT Live Price Chart
1D and 5D plot 5- and 30-minute intraday candles; 1M–6M plot daily candles. Prices are indicative and may be delayed.
Period returns — 1D is the latest session move (the last completed session when the market is closed); 1W–1Y are computed from real daily closing history. Each window is shown only when its data is available.
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Technical Summary
4 of 5 signals read buy.
Computed from real daily price history (RSI 14, SMA 20/50/200, MACD 12/26/9) · as of Sep 5, 02:24 UTC. Not investment advice.
About MSFT
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) spans enterprise and consumer software — Windows, Office/Microsoft 365 and LinkedIn — alongside the Azure cloud platform, which has become the company's key growth engine, and a gaming arm anchored by Xbox and the Activision Blizzard acquisition completed in 2023. Heavy investment in AI infrastructure and its partnership with OpenAI have made Microsoft a bellwether for the enterprise-AI trade.
MSFT is quoted in US dollars per share on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The regular session runs 9:30am to 4:00pm Eastern Time, with Nasdaq's pre-market session opening at 4:00am ET and after-hours trading continuing to 8:00pm ET; individual brokers typically offer only part of that range and require limit rather than market orders outside regular hours. US equity trades settle on a T+1 basis. Microsoft's fiscal year ends 30 June, so its quarterly reports land on a different cadence to calendar-year peers, and a large base of multi-year enterprise contracts and subscriptions gives revenue a steadier profile than most mega-cap technology firms.
The market for MSFT is currently closed. At the last close it stood at 499.70, a move of -10.42 (-2.04%) versus the previous close of 510.12, after ranging between 499.36 and 511.00 over that session. FXMARE's technical engine currently reads the setup as Strong Buy.
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MSFT — frequently asked questions
What is the Microsoft (MSFT) share price in pre-market trading?
The quote and intraday chart on this page follow the regular Nasdaq session, 9:30am to 4:00pm Eastern Time. Pre-market prices come from the separate session Nasdaq runs from 4:00am ET up to the opening bell, and are visible through brokers that support extended hours. Pre-market volume is a small fraction of the regular session, so those prints move easily on light order flow and can differ from where the stock actually opens at 9:30am.
What time does MSFT pre-market trading start and end?
Nasdaq runs its pre-market session from 4:00am to 9:30am Eastern Time and its after-hours session from 4:00pm to 8:00pm ET, so MSFT can trade for more than five hours before the opening bell and four hours after the close. Most retail brokers open only part of that range and generally accept limit orders rather than market orders outside regular hours. On the market's scheduled half-days the close moves to 1:00pm ET and the extended sessions shift with it.
Why does the MSFT pre-market price differ from the previous close?
Pre-market quotes react to anything published after the 4:00pm Eastern close - Microsoft's own results, guidance from other large technology firms, or overnight macro news - before the regular session can price it in. The official closing price is set by Nasdaq's closing auction at 4:00pm, while pre-market and after-hours trades cross on electronic networks with far less volume, so a modest order can push the indication further than the same order would at 10am.
What time does MSFT open in UK and European time?
The 9:30am Eastern open is 2:30pm in London and 3:30pm in central Europe for most of the year, and 6:30am on the US West Coast. Eastern Time itself moves between UTC-5 in winter and UTC-4 in summer, and the US, UK and EU change their clocks on different dates, so those local equivalents shift by an hour for a few weeks each spring and autumn. Anchor a schedule to ET rather than a fixed local time.
What moves the Microsoft share price?
Azure cloud growth is the figure investors react to most at each quarterly report, followed by Microsoft 365 subscription trends and the scale of AI capital spending. Microsoft has long released results after the 4:00pm Eastern close, which is why the largest pre-market gaps in MSFT tend to follow an earnings day. Enterprise IT budgets and interest-rate expectations drive the shares day to day, and its fiscal year ends 30 June, off the calendar-year cycle most peers report on.
Does Microsoft pay a dividend?
Yes - Microsoft has paid a dividend since 2003, a long payout history that is unusual among mega-cap technology companies, and it also returns cash through buybacks. Payments are made quarterly. Dividend policy rests with the board, so confirm the current rate, the ex-dividend date and the payment dates in Microsoft's investor relations materials.