Apple shares hit new all-time intraday, closing highs

Shares of Apple Inc. today rose $3.23, or 1.31%, on lighter-than-average volume of 13,298,650 shares to set a new all-time closing high of $248.92.

Apple’s previous closing high was $245.69 set yesterday. Apple’s all-time high (intraday) stands at $249.03, set during trading today. Apple’s 52-week low is $115.76.

At market close, Apple’s market value stands at $225.72 billion.

The top five U.S. publicly-traded companies:
1. Exxon Mobil (XOM) – $322.27B
2. Microsoft (MSFT) – $270.74B
3. Apple (AAPL) – $225.72B
4. General Electric (GE) – $208.12B
5. Wal-Mart (WMT) – $203.48B

Selected companies’ current market values:
• Google (GOOG) – $189.29B
• IBM (IBM) – $170.03B
• Cisco (CSCO) – $155.791B
• Intel (INTC) – $133.80B
• Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) – $127.17B
• Disney (DIS) – $70.60B
• Amazon (AMZN) – $64.82B
• Nokia (NOK) – $56.59B
• Research In Motion (RIMM) – $41.01B
• Sony (SNE) – $36.82B
• Dell (DELL) – $33.01B
• Yahoo! (YHOO) – $26.56B
• Adobe (ADBE) – $18.10B
• Motorola (MOT) – $17.55B
• Beleaguered Palm (PALM) – $911.28M
• RealNetworks (RNWK) – $618.94M

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