Apple Company became the first company ever to have market capitalisation of nearly $800 billion. Apple’s shares closed up 2.7 per cent for the day at $153.01 on May 8, 2017, taking the company to a market value of $797.8 billion.
NASDAQ originally stood for the National Association of Securities Dealer Automated Quotation system. NASDAQ is the largest electronic equities exchange in the U.S.