Today in Nasdaq trading, shares of Apple Inc. (AAPL) rose $2.30, or 1.92%, to hit a new all-time closing high of $122.02. Apple’s previous all-time closing high was 119.94 set on February 5, 2015. Also during trading today, AAPL set a new all-time intraday high of $122.15.
Apple’s 52-week low stands at $72.54.
Apple, the world’s most valuable company, currently has a market value of $710.72 billion, making Apple the first U.S. company to surpass the $700 billion mark. Apple first traded above $700 billion in intraday trading on November 25, 2014. This is the first time the stock has closed above $700 billion in market value. The prior record had been held by Microsoft set on December 30, 1999 with a market capitalization of $618.9 billion. Adjusting for inflation to 2015, Microsoft’s market capitalization would be at $876 billion.
The top five U.S. publicly-traded companies, based on market value:
1. Apple (AAPL) – $710.72B
2. Exxon Mobil (XOM) – $382.22B
3. Google (GOOG) – $365.28B
4. Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) – $360.16B
5. Microsoft (MSFT) – $349.48B
Selected companies’ current market values:
• Walmart (WMT) – $281.35B
• Facebook (FB) – $210.44B
• Amazon (AMZN) – $173.21B
• Disney (DIS) – $173.19B
• Intel (INTC) – $160.72B
• IBM (IBM) – $157.03B
• Cisco (CSCO) – $140.57B
• Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) – $69.49B
• Yahoo! (YHOO) – $41.47B
• Adobe (ADBE) – $36.25B
• Twitter (TWTR) – $29.10B
• Sony (SNE) – $28.49B
• Nokia (NOK) – $28.35B
• ARM Holdings (ARMH) – $22.86B
• Sirius XM (SIRI) – $20.93B
• BlackBerry (BBRY) – $5.18B
• Pandora (P) – $3.09B
• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) – $2.36B
• RealNetworks (RNWK) – $252.72M
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