Apple Inc.’s stock inched lower in premarket trade Wednesday, bucking the gains seen in the broader technology sector, after filings showed that some high-profile investors sold some of their Apple shares during the fourth quarter. Carl Icahn disclosed late Tuesday that he cut his stake in the technology giant by 7 million shares, or about 13%, to 45.8 million shares as of Dec. 31 from 52.8 million shares as of Sept. 30. David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital hedged fund slashed its Apple stake nearly in half to 6.3 million shares from 11.7 million shares. And David Tepper’s Appaloosa Management trimmed its Apple holdings to 1.26 million shares from 1.31 million shares. Apple’s stock slipped 4 cents, or less than 0.1%, ahead of the open, while the he PowerShares QQQ ETF , which tracks the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100, climbed 0.6%.
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