Mega Cap Stocks in news: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM)

It all kicked off when Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced the Xbox One last year, with the corporation originally asking users to pop an always-online, high-definition camera in the middle of their living room. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock performance was 0.07% in last session and finished the day at $40.32. Traded volume was 23.21million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 32.90million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.90. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) insider ownership is 7.90%.

The new $50 million Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) accounting and finance operations hub is attracting some new retail, medical and office businesses to a neighboring property. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) dropped -0.28 percent to $49.15 Wednesday on volume of 12.70million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $49.07 to $49.37. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) has a market capitalization of $203.54billion.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s average daily trading turnover in the 12 months to April was about half of the total for all of the stocks listed in Hong Kong and Australia, according to Bloomberg-compiled data. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s stock on June 03, 2014 reported a increase of 1.14% to the closing price of $644.82. Its fifty two weeks range is $388.87 -$647.89. The total market capitalization recorded $555.44billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 11.98million shares. In its share capital, AAPL has 861.38million outstanding shares.

Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) has promoted the compliance head of its brokerage unit to become chief compliance officer of a larger unit that integrates brokerage, wealth management and retirement savings services, the company said on Wednesday. On Wednesday, shares of Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) dropped -0.10% to close the day at $51.04. Company return on investment (ROI) is 9.80% and its monthly performance is recorded as 3.72%. Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) quarterly revenue growth is 9.18%.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) might contest the claim that U.S. banks haven’t been punished. It’s had to pay more than $20 billion to settle charges that it sold shoddy mortgages, among other transgressions. And it’s irrelevant that BNP Paribas didn’t break French or European laws. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) stock performance was 0.14% in last session and finished the day at $55.68. Traded volume was 9.73million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 17.96million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.62. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) insider ownership is 0.10%.