Shares of Apple Inc. slid 1.1% in morning trade, putting them on track to suffer a fifth-straight loss since they closed at a record on Nov. 8. That would be the longest losing streak since the five-session stretch ending April 11. During the current streak, the stock has shed 3.9%, compared with the 2.2% decline during the April losing streak. Apple’s current streak started after it closed at a record of $176.24 a week ago, when the technology behemoth became the first public company to clear the$900 billion market-capitalization hurdle with a closing market cap of $904.9 billion. The current market cap is $869.9 billion. The stock has run up 46% year to date, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 has climbed 29% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained 18%.
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