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The US exchange giant Nvidia has passed the litmus test - and thereby attested to the future viability of the entire industry: The publication of the figures for the last quarter of 2023 on Wednesday evening confirmed the success story of the past year. Sales rose to $22.1 billion, up 22 percent compared to the third quarter of 2023 and a spectacular 265 percent compared to the same period last year. Earnings per share rose to $5.16 – increasing ninefold year-on-year.

The numbers sent investors on stock markets worldwide into euphoria. The German Dax index and the European Stoxx 600, among others, broke their previous record highs.

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