Amazon Briefly Edges out Apple for Most Valuable Company

Amazon Briefly Edges out Apple for Most Valuable Company
A site of the Amazon electronic commerce company was showed on April 11, 2015 in Lauwin-Planque, northern France. AFP PHOTO PHILIPPE HUGUEN Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images
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SAN FRANCISCOAmazon.com briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street in intraday trade on Dec. 3, days after Microsoft Corp dethroned long-time leader Apple Inc.

Amazon rose by 4.7 percent at one point, putting its market capitalization at $865.0 billion. At the same time, Apple traded up 2.1 percent, giving it a market capitalization of $864.8 billion.