Apple's stock races ahead as investors bet on new iPhones
They hope the phones will prompt a big wave of new purchases
San Francisco
A YEAR ago, many investors had given up on Apple, whose stock price had fallen more than 30 per cent from its 2015 peak. Apple's once-unstoppable growth had come to a crashing halt: The number of iPhones sold was down 13 per cent, and the company posted its first revenue decline in 13 years.
Today, Apple's business remains sluggish, but that has not stopped investors, including the famously tech-averse Warren Buffett, from falling in love with it again. Shares of the tech giant - the most valuable company in the US by market value - have repeatedly hit new highs this year. On Friday, they closed at US$143.65, up nearly 60 per cent from last May's trough.
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