Apple continues to grow: Steve Jobs' Apple earns a further 3 percent and becomes the first trillion dollar company in history. The shares arrived at $207,39, up 2,92% after hitting a high of $208,38. Capitalization thus exceeded one trillion dollars, a figure that seemed incredible and which instead not only became a reality but also drove the Nasdaq upwards, which closed up by 1,24% (Nasdaq100 + 1,36% ). Apple therefore takes first place in the ranking of American stocks, followed by Amazon and Google.
The stock exchange of technological stocks is given a slight decrease in pre-opening but Thursday 2 August will remain in history for Apple. Wall Street on Thursday ignored the negative session of the European markets and continued undeterred on its way recovering the losses of the previous session. All major indices closed in green except the Dow Jones which finished tied.
Specifically, it is the Nasdaq that pulled the sprint up 1,3%, followed by the Russell 2000 (+0,7%) and the S&P500 (+0,5%). The VIX fell sharply (-7%) to 12,20 points, after a peak at 14,5. Seven of the eleven sectors of the S&P500 finished in gains with technology (+1,4%) leading the way followed by durable consumption (+1,1%). Raw materials were down (-0,7%), energy and real estate, both down by half a percentage point.
Oil rebounded by almost two percentage points (+1,9%) to 69 dollars a barrel, thanks to the significant drop in domestic inventories.
Pending the July labor market report which will be published today, before the market opens, the Tbond yield drops by one basis point to 2,98%.
