3 surprises from Nvidia help justify a $250 billion market value boost

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Nvidia did not just meet the moment with its latest quarter. It crushed it and sprinkled in a few surprises that brightened an already blazing outlook for the leading artificial intelligence chipmaker. Shares of Nvidia soared Thursday, up more than 15% to around $778 apiece. That gain tacked on more than $250 billion to Nvidia's market capitalization, the biggest single-session addition ever. Club name Meta Platforms held the prior record with its nearly $200 billion one-day market cap gain after its earnings earlier this month. Nvidia's Thursday stock gain also pushed the company toward a $2 trillion value market value....