Investing.com -- Apple Inc on Tuesday briefly became the second publicly traded company to ever reach a market capitalization of $5 trillion, second only to Nvidia. Apple's shares reached a session high of $342.89, pushing its market value to $5.036 trillion. The iPhone maker reached the milestone less than a year after surpassing $4 trillion in October 2025. The gains have been driven by strong iPhone sales and disciplined capital expenditure. Related articlesApple briefly hits $5 trillion market cap, second ever after NvidiaThese 2 stocks are best positioned to benefit from higher uranium prices: analystGoldman expects lower but still attractive stock market returns in 2026