Apple plunges as supplier slashes profit forecast

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Apple shares plummeted more than 5% Wednesday, April 17, after Cirrus Logic, a supplier of Apple components, slashed its own profit guidance, suggesting its Apple business had weakened. Apple shares closed at US$402.80, down $23.44 or 5.5%, after briefly dipping below $400 earlier in the session. The decline robbed Apple of its crown as biggest US company by market capitalization. Apple is now worth $378.25 billion, compared with oil giant ExxonMobil’s $385.68 billion. Shares in Apple are well below their 52-week peak above $700 in September as the California tech giant faces tougher competition from South Korea’s Samsung and others in the busy smartphone and tablet technology space.

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