Apple Inc. and Exxon Mobil continued their battle for supremacy as the world’s most valuable company Friday, changing place like partners at a square dance whose stuttering caller got stuck on “dosey doe.” Apple took over the #1 spot in market capitalization for the first time on Tuesday during intra-day trading, and closed with that ranking for the first time on Wednesday.
As of this writing, Exxon Mobile (XOM) has the lead, trading at $71.96 per share, up $0.380 (+0.53%), with a market cap of $349.9 billion. Shares in Apple Inc. were trading at $377.06, up $3.36 (+0.90%), with a market cap of $349.6 billion, $300 shy of Exxon’s valuation.
The two companies have been gaining and shedding market cap valuations in the US$349 billion range (+/- a billion here and a billion there) throughout the day.
The chart below shows the trading action on the two companies throughout the day on Friday,

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