Apple’s valuation may soon be more than Europe’s largest stock market, here’s how

Technology giant Apple is known to be one of the biggest and most profitable name in the industry. But on Wednesday, the firm made headlines for making an impact to be remembered on the largest stock market of Europe – France.

The French stock market is considered among the big leagues even for firms valued at billions of dollars, but the iPhone maker is eclipsing the largest stock market in Europe with its rising valuation, now crossing USD 3.1 trillion.

Apple Inc is now the world’s most valuable publicly traded company, and its market value on Wednesday closed at a record high, at $3.1 trillion. Meanwhile, combined market value of companies listed on the French stock market was about $3.2 trillion as of Wednesday’s close.