Meet the Tech Stock Powering the Nasdaq-100 Today

The Nasdaq-100 (NDX) is heading toward its best week since early November. Helping the tech-specific index stick the landing today is a cool 10.5% pop from Alphabet Inc Class A (NASDAQ:GOOGL). The tech conglomerate was last seen trading at $172.17, and earlier hit a record high of $174.17, after parent company of Google reported a first-quarter earnings and revenue beat, announced a $70 billion stock buyback plan, and unveiled its first dividend. GOOGL has staged quite the bounce off its 200-day moving aver ...