Reuters, January 3-Apple Aapl.o became the world's first company in the world to exceed $ 3 trillion in market value.New markets such as metaverse.
On the first trading day of 2022, Apple's stock price rose to $ 182.88 in the lunch trading, a record high.
Apple's market value has risen from $ 2 trillion to $ 3 trillion for about 16 months. Its stock price has soared, leading a group of technology giants. These companies have benefited from people's serious dependence on technology during the period.
Since the co -founder and former CEO Steve Jobs released the first iPhone in January 2007, Apple's stock price has skyrocketed about 5,800%, and the S & P 500 Index has increased by about 230%in the same period.Apple's current weight in the S & P 500 index is about 7%, and the level of returning to the beginning of 2021 is 5%in June.
Apple is the first company to reach this milestone. Investors bet that consumers will continue to buy iPhone, MacBook, and Apple TV and Apple Music.
Apple is currently the highest market value company.In the past three years, Microsoft MSFT.O and Amazon AMZN.O both once surpassed Apple for a while.Microsoft's market value is currently about $ 2.5 trillion, Amazon's market value is about 1.7 trillion US dollars, and AlphabetGoogl.o's market value is 1.9 trillion US dollars.
Analysts predict that the demand for iPhone in 2022 will remain strong, because Apple is at a leading position in the Chinese smartphone market, and more and more consumers subscribe to their services.(End)
