Apple became the first company to surpass the $3 trillion market capitalisation on Monday, with its shares soaring up as much as 3 per cent to hit a record high of $182.88 on the Nasdaq, according to the data from the stock exchange. As Apple achieved this feat, the market capitalization of the world라이브 바카라 most-valued company has become either equivalent or more than the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of several major countries, including that of India whose GDP is $2.72 trillion and the United Kingdom whose GDP is $ 2.83 trillion.
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Apple shared the $2 trillion club with Microsoft Corp, which has a market valuation of $ 2.5 trillion. Apart from these two tech giants, the market valuation of Alphabet Inc is $ 1.92 trillion, the market valuation of Amazon.com is $ 1.73 trillion and Tesla Inc has a market value of $ 1.21 trillion. The Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Saudi Aramco, has a market valuation of $ 1.9 trillion.
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