Apple finished Friday with a gain, up 0.8% to close at $278.12. After the bell, shares slipped back 0.3% to $277.25 as the market looked ahead to Monday’s open.
Apple Inc finished Friday up 0.9%, ending the session at $278.44. The move comes as a tightening memory‑chip market fuels speculation over possible iPhone price hikes this year.
Apple shares climbed on Friday, mirroring a calmer mood in megacap tech stocks as investors digested renewed concerns around component costs and their potential impact on iPhone prices this year. Mid-morning, Apple was up 1.1% at $278.94, putting its market value near $4.05 trillion.
Apple shares dipped 0.2% to $275.93 in after-hours trading Thursday following EU regulators’ decision not to label the company’s Maps and Ads services as “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act. The bloc pointed to low usage and limited market impact as reasons. Earlier, Apple’s stock fluctuated between $279.41 and $273.32. The company, valued at roughly $4.05 trillion, said, “These services face significant competition in Europe.”
Apple shares dipped 0.02% to $276.45 in early Thursday trading, following a 2.6% gain on Wednesday. Morning session swings saw the stock move between $275.89 and $279.40, according to Investing.com data.
Apple Inc shares climbed 2.6%, ending Wednesday at $276.40, standing out against a 1.5% decline in the Nasdaq Composite amid heavy tech sector selling. In after-hours trading, the stock slipped 0.3% to $275.66.
Apple Inc shares climbed 2.5%, hitting $276.15 in early trading Wednesday. The stock fluctuated between $269.49 and $278.80, opening at $272.33 before gaining $6.67 by the latest update.
Apple shares slipped 0.7% to $268.07 in early Tuesday trading, underperforming the gentler decline in the S&P 500 as they followed a broader selloff in big tech. Microsoft and Nvidia dropped roughly 2.6% and 2.9%, respectively.
Apple shares dipped 0.6% to $268.25 in Tuesday’s premarket, following a 4.06% jump that pushed the stock to $270.01 at Monday’s close. On Monday, the stock swung between $259.20 and $270.49, with over 73 million shares traded.
Shares of Seagate Technology Holdings climbed 4.8%, closing Monday at $427.33. In after-hours trading, the stock gained roughly another 6.2%, reaching $432.95.
Apple shares rose 4.1%, finishing Monday at $270.01. After-hours trading saw the stock dip 0.6% to $268.31, following a volatile regular session where prices fluctuated between $259.21 and $270.49 on heavy volume.
U.S. tech stocks face a busy start to February: Alphabet announces earnings on Feb 4, with Amazon set to follow on Feb 5. The U.S. jobs report lands on Feb 6. Advanced Micro Devices and Qualcomm are also scheduled to report this week, providing fresh insight into demand for data-center chips and devices.
Big Tech stock prices go into Monday with investors still digesting Microsoft’s late-week slump and a mixed finish for the megacaps. The next cue will come quickly: Alphabet and Amazon report this week, and macro headlines are back in the mix.
Wall Street’s Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday down 179.09 points, or 0.4%, at 48,892.47 as traders wrestled with the implications of Donald Trump’s latest pick to head the Federal Reserve. U.S. markets will be closed on Sunday.
Apple shares ended Friday 0.46% higher at $259.48, after fluctuating between $252.18 and $261.90 as traders adjusted their positions ahead of the week. Volume surged past 92 million shares, exceeding typical daily figures.
Bitcoin dipped under $80,000 on Saturday, dropping roughly 6.5% to $78,719, pressured by a stronger dollar after Donald Trump named Kevin Warsh to head the Federal Reserve. Ether tumbled nearly 12%, hitting around $2,388. “Sometimes these price adjustments feed on themselves,” said Brian Jacobsen of Annex Wealth Management, cautioning that further selling might be ahead.
Apple Inc shares closed Friday 0.46% higher at $259.48, after moving between $252.18 and $261.90 during the session. Volume hit roughly 92.4 million shares before U.S. markets shut down for the weekend.
Thiel Macro LLC, the hedge fund run by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel, held stakes in Tesla, Apple and Microsoft at the end of September 2025 and no longer reported a position in Nvidia, regulatory filings showed. The report listed 79,181 Apple shares worth about $20.2 million and 49,000 Microsoft shares worth about $25.4 million, and showed the fund had held 537,742 Nvidia shares at end-June and cut Tesla to 65,000 shares.
U.S. tech stocks head into February with the focus back on interest rates after Donald Trump picked Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve. A hotter-than-expected Producer Price Index report — which measures what businesses charge and pay — dragged the Nasdaq down 0.94% on Friday. The 10-year Treasury yield hovered near 4.251%. Terry Sandven of U.S. Bank Asset Management noted investors are repeatedly zeroing in on “the profitability of the massive capex levels” — with capex referring to capital spending.