Apple becomes first US company to be valued at $2 trillon
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Tech giant Apple has become the first US company to be valued at $2tn (£1.5tn) on the stock market.
It reached the milestone just two years after becoming the world's first trillion-dollar company in 2018.
Its share price hit $467.77 in mid-morning trading in the US on Wednesday to push it over the $2tn mark.
The only other company to reach the $2tn level was state-backed Saudi Aramco after it listed its shares last December.
But the oil giant's value has slipped back to $1.8tn since then and Apple surpassed it to become the world's most valuable traded company at the end of July.
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