The technology group is worth more than three million dollars.
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san francisco Apple became the first public company to close a trading day with a market value of $3 trillion. Apple shares closed Friday up 2.3 percent at $193.97; thus a market value of 3.04 trillion dollars (2.79 trillion euros) was reached.
The 47-year-old company, co-founded by Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs, had already briefly reached a market value of three trillion dollars on consecutive days in January 2022, but was unable to maintain this value until the market close. Instead, Apple stock went into a downtrend that briefly pushed the company’s market value below $2 trillion. The background was slower growth and nervousness among investors because of rising interest rates, which affected the entire technology sector.