The Hit Farm

1 Exxon before settling slightly lower. The Cupertino company closed the day with its stock up 5.9 percent to $374.01 per share, valuing it at $346.7 billion. Exxon, the Texas oil giant, ended the day with a value of $348.3 billion. Three weeks ago, Exxon's market cap was at $410 billion. Today, that market cap [...]

By Tim Carmody At the close of the NASDAQ and New York Stock Exchange trading days, Apple had a market capitalization of $344.21 $346.74 billion, narrowly edging behind Exxon at $344.09 $348.32 billion. And with that, a company that was on the ropes in Apple's market value briefly surpasses Exxon Mobil's during stock trading Tuesday, [...]