Shares of Apple Inc. today blasted through the $160 mark, surging $5.2099 , or 3.33% to close at $161.4499 on volume of 33,087,617 shares to set a new all-time closing high.
Apple’s previous 52-week high was $159.18, set on Wednesday, October 3rd. Apple’s 52-week low is $72.60, set on October 11, 2006.
At market close, Apple’s market value stands at $140,403,452,485.90.
MacDailyNews Note: With Microsoft valued at $279,764,681,280, Apple is now worth more than half that of Microsoft.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Macuser” for the heads up.]
For reference, some selected current market values:
• Google (GOOG) – $185.42 billion
• IBM (IBM) – $172.69 billion
• Intel (INTC) – $149.15 billion
• Apple (AAPL) – $140.40 billion
• Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) – $131.22 billion
• Dell (DELL) – $63.26 billion
• Sony (SNE) – $50.84 billion
• Amazon (AMZN) – $38.62 billion
• Adobe (ADBE) – $26.05 billion
• Gateway (GTW) – $698.34 million
In after-hours trading, Apple is up another $0.55, or 0.34% to currently stand at $162.00.
AAPL quote via NASDAQ here.
MacDailyNews Note: “I am putting a sell on Apple, the company that created the iPhone,” Laura Goldman, investment advisor, LSG Capital, May 21, 2007. AAPL closed at $111.98 that day. Apple has risen 44.2% since Goldman’s “sell” recommendation.