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Apple briefly overtakes Saudi Aramco to become the world's largest company
(Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) shares surged as much as 7.1% to a record high on Friday after reporting blockbuster quarterly results, helping the iPhone maker briefly overtake Saudi Aramco to become the world’s largest public company.
Shares of the company rose to a record high of $412 in early trading. Closing at that level will give it a market capitalization of $1.786 trillion.
Saudi Aramco (2222.SE), which has been the largest public company since going public last year, had a market capitalization of $1.76 trillion as of last close.
Reporting by Subrat Patnaik; Editing by Anil D'Silva
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