Apple Inc. (AAPL) News Brief: Top Stories + The Numbers

Overview

Apple Inc. is trading around 340.08 dollars, up 2.1 percent on the session. Tonight, the three stories moving AAPL right now, then the numbers behind the move: the five-day chart, today's session, and the valuation. Let's start with the headlines. First headline: Apple stock (AAPL) surged to an all-time record high of

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• Apple Inc. is trading around 340.08 dollars, up 2.1 percent on the session. Tonight, the three stories moving AAPL right now, then the numbers behind the move: the five-day chart, today's session, and the valuation. Let's start with the headlines.
• First headline: Apple stock (AAPL) surged to an all-time record high of $343.67 on Wednesday, briefly lift. It's one of the day's key drivers for AAPL, and exactly the kind of catalyst traders are watching.
• Next: Apple briefly became the first publicly traded company to reach a staggering $5 trillion m. Layer that onto the price action and you can see why AAPL moved the way it did.
• And third: AAPL Looks 26.5% Overvalued on GF Value™ as It Prepares for CEO Transition. Three headlines, one clear theme — AAPL is very much in focus. Now to the numbers.
• Over the last stretch of sessions, AAPL traveled from about 327.74 dollars to 340.08 dollars — you can see the shape of that move on the five-day line. Today it closed at 340.08 dollars, up 2.1 percent.
• Inside today's session: AAPL opened at 340.03 dollars, ran as high as 342.89 dollars and as low as 335.6 dollars, and settled at 340.08 dollars on 51.9 million shares.
• On the valuation: AAPL carries a price-to-earnings ratio of about 40.3, a market capitalization near 5.07 trillion dollars. Its fifty-two-week range runs from 201.5 dollars at the low to 343.67 dollars at the high.
• So, three things on AAPL tonight: the headlines driving it, a session that closed up 2.1 percent at 340.08 dollars, and a valuation to keep in view. That's your Apple Inc. brief — informational only, never investment advice.