Apple shares hit new all-time intraday, closing highs

Shares of Apple Inc. today rose $0.50, or 0.21%, on lighter-than-average volume of 11,619,04 shares to set a new all-time closing high of $242.29.

Apple’s previous closing high was $241.79 set last Friday, April 9th. Apple’s all-time high (intraday) stands at $243.07, set during trading today. Apple’s 52-week low is $115.76.

At market close, Apple’s market value stands at $219.71 billion.

Apple went public on December 12, 1980 and closed with a market cap of $1.431 billion. Apple’s all-time low market value was $630.9 million on July 8, 1982.

The top five U.S. publicly-traded companies:
1. Exxon Mobil (XOM) – $324.40B
2. Microsoft (MSFT) – $265.92B
3. Apple (AAPL) – $219.71B
4. Wal-Mart (WMT) – $206.82B
5. Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) – $198.69B

Apple vs. Microsoft Market Cap:

Via Wolfram|Alpha. More info here.

Selected companies’ current market values:
• Google (GOOG) – $182.12B
• IBM (IBM) – $166.74B
• Cisco (CSCO) – $151.90B
• Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) – $126.35B
• Intel (INTC) – $124.51B
• Disney (DIS) – $69.61B
• Amazon (AMZN) – $62.77B
• Nokia (NOK) – $55.99B
• Research In Motion (RIMM) – $39.32B
• Sony (SNE) – $36.67B
• Dell (DELL) – $31.19B
• Yahoo! (YHOO) – $24.53B
• Adobe (ADBE) – $24.70B
• Motorola (MOT) – $17.16B
• Beleaguered Palm (PALM) – $1.02B
• RealNetworks (RNWK) – $605.42M

AAPL quote via NASDAQ here.