With Apple Inc just about 4% shy of notching a market valuation of $3 trillion, the iPhone maker is nearing a mark that would make it as big as the world's fifth largest economy after Germany.
, which has been jousting with Apple for the tag of being the most valuable company after briefly unseating it in October.
Through the nearly two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, tech stocks, including those focused on software, semiconductors and cloud computing, have seen a surge in their valuations as the companies benefited from stay-at-home mandates. Here is a list of stocks, whose market capitalizations are in the trillions, as well as those that are closing in on the milestone, including Meta PlatformsApple nears $3 trln valuationReporting by Chavi Mehta and Ambar Warrick in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'SilvaSubscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.
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