Apple stock rallied about 4 percent after billionaire investor Carl Icahn tweeted that he took a “large position” in the company.
“We currently have a large position in APPLE,” said Icahn. “We believe the company to be extremely undervalued.”
Icahn said he had a “nice conversation” with Apple CEO Tim Cook and discussed his opinion that a larger buyback should be done now.
“We plan to speak again shortly,” said Icahn.
According to stock information on Google, Apple stock increased from just under $470 a share at the beginning of the day up to $486 as of 2:54 p.m. EDT. The biggest spike came right after Icahn sent his tweet.
Zachary Stieber
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Zachary Stieber covers U.S. news, including politics and court cases. He started at The Epoch Times as a New York City metro reporter.
