Apple closed the trading day Friday with a $3 trillion market cap — becoming the first company to reach the milestone.
Flashback: The iPhone maker became the first company to reach a $3 trillion market cap in intraday trading in January last year, but it failed to close at that level.
In 2018, Apple became the first U.S. publicly traded company to be worth $1 trillion — a high-water mark that took more than four decades to achieve.
The big picture: As the biggest of the new magnificent seven on Wall Street — made up also of Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Tesla, and Meta — Apple has a "phenomenal" balance sheet and business strategy that works, Jonathan Curtis, director of portfolio management for Franklin Equity Group, tells Bloomberg.
What to watch: With the Nasdaq up some 30% so far this year — its best first half in 40 years — last year's pullback from tech is firmly in the rearview mirror, thanks in part to AI's recent boost to the sector.