Dow Jones Reaches Another Milestone

Dow Jones Reaches Another Milestone
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on June 30. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Emel Akan
8/2/2017
Updated:
8/4/2017

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 22,000 on Aug. 2 for the first time, receiving a boost from strong earnings posted by Apple Inc.

Apple shares surged nearly 6 percent in the premarket on Aug. 2 after the company’s quarterly results beat expectations.

“We continue to believe Apple remains among the most underappreciated stocks in the world,” Brian White, an analyst at Drexel Hamilton, wrote in a research report.

He raised his estimates and revised his price target from $202 to $208 per share.

Should shares of Apple climb to White’s price target, the company will be worth over $1 trillion. Apple’s current market capitalization is around $819 billion.

Shares of Boeing Co. and McDonald’s Corp. are the other top gainers that have driven up the Dow in recent days.

Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the Biden administration. Prior to this role, she covered the economic policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she worked in the financial sector as an investment banker at JPMorgan. She graduated with a master’s degree in business administration from Georgetown University.
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