"market value"

After a decades-long run as one of the worlds best-performing stocks, Apple is on the verge of reaching $3 trillion in market value. Thats bigger than the entire German equity market. Or the U.K. economy.

The relentless rally in Tesla shares has driven its valuation close to the consumer product behemoth Procter & Gamble Co. as investors bet on the electric vehicle maker's ability to dominate the automotive market of the future.