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on Tuesday briefly hit a market capitalization of $5 trillion for the first time, a day after passing Nvidia

to become the most valuable publicly traded company.

Shares of the iPhone maker, which reports quarterly results on Thursday, have jumped 25% this year, outpacing its megacap peers. The stock reached a high of $342.89 on Tuesday before slipping a bit.

While the hyperscalers — Alphabet