Apple Inc. shares today rose $2.65, or 0.60%, in NASDAQ trading on below-average volume of 10,703,953 shares to set a new all-time closing high of $447.28.

Apple’s previous all-time closing high was $446.66 set on January 25, 2012. Apple’s all-time intraday high is $454.45, also set on January 25, 2012.

Apple’s 52-week low is $310.50.

Apple’s market value currently stands at $415.71 billion.

The top five U.S. publicly-traded companies, based on market value:
1. Apple (AAPL) – $415.71B
2. Exxon Mobil (XOM) – $411.40B
3. Microsoft (MSFT) – $245.26B
4. IBM (IBM) – $220.93B
5. Wal-Mart (WMT) – $207.91B

Selected companies’ current market values:
• GE (GE) – $201.07B
• Google (GOOG) – $188.03B
• Intel (INTC) – $135.49B
• Cisco (CSCO) – $105.150B
• Amazon (AMZN) – $88.85B
• Disney (DIS) – $70.51B
• Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) – $55.31B
• Dell (DELL) – $30.07B
• Yahoo! (YHOO) – $19.52B
• Nokia (NOK) – $18.85B
• Sony (SNE) – $18.49B
• Adobe (ADBE) – $15.26B
• Motorola Mobility (MMI) – $11.66B
• Research In Motion (RIMM) – $8.66B
• Sirius XM (SIRI) – $7.65B
• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) – $4.75B
• RealNetworks (RNWK) – $0.34B

AAPL quote via NASDAQ here.

MacDailyNews Take: It’s good to be the king.

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