Apple Climbs Higher on the Last Day of the Quarter

The day started as a slow summer Friday ahead of the Fourth of July. Tech stocks drifted higher and the Dow sagged. AAPL climbed 2 dollars by midday as investors realized Compaq's pains are not Apple's, but gave some back towards the close. Then, in the last half hour, volume surged as institutional investors closed the books on the second quarter of 2000.

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