Microsoft stock hits all-time high ahead of Windows 11 event

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• Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares touched an all-time high after rising as much as 1.3% to $263.52 dancing close to the $2T market cap club.
• The company will unveil its "next generation of Windows" during an event on June 24.
• Last week, a Windows 11 leak reportedly shows the new user interface and Start menu, which resemble what Microsoft had planned for the scrapped Windows 10X operating system.
• Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella teased that the new Windows version was coming soon when he spoke at the Build developer conference in late May.