Apple has become the world’s first trillion-dollar company

Apple has become the world’s first publicly traded company to be valued at $1trn. 
The iPhone-maker passed the historic trillion-dollar marker earlier today (2 August) when its shares hit a record high of over $207.
The share price had been on the up since Apple posted better than expected results for its most recent trading quarter, reporting profits of $11.5bn for the three months to June following record sales of over $53bn.
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