Apple becomes first public company to be valued at $3trn

Apple becomes first public company to be valued at $3trn

Apple has entered the history books as the first public company to be valued at $3trn.

The 47-year-old technology juggernaut, co-founded by Silicon Valley legend, the late Steve Jobs in 1966, officially closed up 2.3% at $193.97 per share at the end of trading on Friday.

This brought its market value to $3.04trn - equivalent to £2.39trn.