According to MacDailyNews last night :
Shares of Apple Inc. today surged $2.869, or 1.87% to close at $156.339 on volume of 29,819,361 shares to set a new all-time closing high.
In after hours action, Apple shares currently stand up $0.07 at $156.41.
Apple's previous 52-week high was $155.00, set on September 26th. Apple's 52-week low is $72.60, set on October 11, 2006.
At market close, Apple's market value stands at $135,958,804,299. For reference, Apple's market value exceeds that of Hewlett-Packard by $4,556,203,539, surpasses Dell by $72,467,192,999, is greater than Sony by $84,476,982,739, and tops the value of Gateway by a mere $135,256,357,339.
I tell you what : I'm a bozo. Back in May 2003, I got a fairly nice severance package from my forever-beloved Agilent Technologies. During a couple of weeks, I hesitated putting to invest half of it into a bunch of Apple' s shares, which was around $23 at this time. Actually, I wanted to buy 1,000 shares. I did not. Now you understand why I'm a bozo.
MacDailyNews article here, AAPL quote here.