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Apple overtakes Nvidia as world's most valuable company amid AI-investment doubts
What happened
At the close of trading on Friday, October 30, Apple reclaimed the title of the world's most valuable publicly traded company with a $5.03 trillion market capitalization, overtaking Nvidia's $4.93 trillion. Apple's shares fell only about 1.2% on the session while Nvidia plunged 4.2%, giving Apple a roughly $100 billion advantage. This is Apple's first time atop the ranking since briefly leading in July. Microsoft rose to third at $3.88 trillion, Alphabet fourth at $3.44 trillion, and Amazon fifth at $2.60 trillion.
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Start your free 14-day trialWho’s affected
- AAPL (beneficiary of rotation away from AI capex risk; +27% YTD, strongest Mag 7 performer of 2026)
- NVDA (-10.4% in October to $4.93T; exposed to hyperscaler AI-spend doubts and Chinese memory competition)
- MSFT (moved up to third at $3.88T)
- GOOGL (fell to fourth at $3.44T after record one-day decline)
- AMZN (fifth at $2.60T); broader AI-infrastructure and semiconductor complex