Microsoft gets closer to overtaking Apple as most valuable U.S. company

Microsoft Corp. is getting closer to retaking the title of most valuable U.S. company as it narrows in on Apple Inc. Now valued at $2.73 trillion, Microsoft MSFT, -0.72% is worth about $100 billion less than Apple AAPL, -1.27%, which is valued at $2.83 trillion. Apple hasn’t been worth less than Microsoft since a 14-session stretch that ended Nov. 17, 2021, and the market-cap gap hasn’t been this small since Nov. 22, 2021. ...