Apple passes Microsoft, takes second place in S&P 500 rankings
Apple's float-adjusted market cap hit $242 billion Thursday, making it the second-largest company on the S&P 500 and pushing it ahead of Microsoft, which finished the day with a $239 billion open market cap as calculated by the Standard & Poor's.
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