NFLX shares closed at $426.75 on Wednesday, breaking its record of $418.97 set back in July 2018.

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Netflix stock closed at its highest-ever price on Wednesday. And that's not too surprising, given stay-at-home orders across the country and the globe are leading people to pass the time with streaming services.

Shares closed at $426.75 on Wednesday, breaking the streaming company's record of $418.97 set back in July 2018.

Bank of America analysts say they "see Netflix benefiting from a near-perfect [first half of 2020] setup with strong content, stay-at-home orders, suspended sports leagues and shuttered movie theaters seeing consumers globally turn to the streaming TV service."

And Nielsen data shows just how many people are streaming while in quarantine. Variety reports that in March, the number of minutes Americans streamed was up 85% compared to March 2019. The services Nielsen monitors streamed 156 billion minutes of content during the third week of March, and 29% of those were on Netflix.

Netflix's first-quarter earnings are expected to be released next week.