Shares of Apple Inc. (AAPL) today rose $9.86, or 2.64% to close at $383.58. Apple’s market value now stands at $355.61 billion, making it the world’s most valuable publicly-traded company. Exxon Mobil is #2 at $353.18 billion.
The top five U.S. publicly-traded companies, based on market value:
1. Apple (AAPL) – $355.61B
2. Exxon Mobil (XOM) – $353.18B
3. Microsoft (MSFT) – $211.55B
4. IBM (IBM) – $202.00B
4. Wal-Mart (WMT) – $183.67B
Selected companies’ current market values:
• Google (GOOG) – $170.12B
• GE (GE) – $164.73B
• Intel (INTC) – $103.81B
• Amazon (AMZN) – $90.46B
• Cisco (CSCO) – $83.92B
• Disney (DIS) – $60.13B
• Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) – $51.48B
• Dell (DELL) – $27.29B
• Nokia (NOK) – $21.96B
• Sony (SNE) – $20.76B
• Yahoo! (YHOO) – $16.09B
• Adobe (ADBE) – $12.12B
• Research In Motion (RIMM) – $15.20B
• Motorola Mobility (MMI) – $11.20B
• Sirius XM (SIRI) – $6.37B
• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) – $4.49B
• RealNetworks (RNWK) – $0.295B
AAPL quote via NASDAQ here.
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