Will Apple lead the market higher?

Can Apple top its historic last quarter?

As measured by current stock market value, Apple Inc. is the largest company in U. S. history. It is enormously profitable, but most of its profit depends on the sale of iPhones. Its stock is once again nearing it's all time high.

On Monday Apple gives it's quarterly report after the close of the market. Apple is part of both the DJIA and the Nasdaq indexes, so it's stock price is especially influential on the rest of the markets. A number of large technology companies have reported favorable results for the first quarter and if Apple continues that trend this week, the entire market may be lifted higher.

Apple Inc                                       AAPL       758.85
Microsoft Corporation                   MSFT       392.72
Google Inc                                     GOOG      384.59
Exxon Mobil Corp.                       XOM         364.36
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.              BRK.A      343.18
Wells Fargo & Co.                        WFC         281.46
Johnson & Johnson                       JNJ            281.06
General Electric Co                      GE             269.81
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.                   WMT        257.57
JPMorgan Chase & Co                 JPM          232.45
Facebook, Inc.                              FB             226.98
Procter & Gamble Co.                  PG            218.74
Pfizer Inc                                      PFE          216.57
Amazon.com Inc.                         AMZN     206.70
Chevron Corporation                   CVX         206.61
Verizon Communications Inc      VZ            204.12
Oracle Corp.                                 ORCL      188.13
Disney (Walt) Co. (The)               DIS          186.15
Coca-Cola Co (The)                      KO          178.63