Microsoft stock is headed for its worst month since 2000

Microsoft (MSFT) shares are headed for their worst month since 2000, according to data published Monday by Bloomberg.

After a bruising month for Big Tech, in which investors sold out of Microsoft, shares in the tech leader are down roughly 17% in June. If shares close out the month at that level, it will be the worst month for Microsoft since December 2000, when the company lost 24.4%.

The company has lost roughly $570 billion in market value.

However, if shares can rally to finish the month anywhere better than a loss of 16.56%, February 2008 — only months before the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered a global economic meltdown — will continue to stand as the worst month for Microsoft since December 2000.

2026 has largely been a good year for the tech sector, as State Street's technology sector ETF (XLK) has returned 27% to date, higher than the S&P's 8%. Yet tech's mega-cap leaders have had a harder go of it: The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (MAGS), which tracks the performance of the so-called "Mag 7," has shed 10.7% over the past month of trading days, for a yearly loss of roughly 4%.

Microsoft, in particular, has been subject to a round of selling that has taken con

Fuente original: Yahoo Finance (https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/microsoft-stock-is-headed-for-its-worst-month-since-2000-140904697.html)