{"id":32657,"date":"2012-08-18T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T10:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/tech-giants-apple-and-google-hit-all-time-highs\/32653\/"},"modified":"2012-08-18T10:42:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-18T10:42:00","slug":"tech-giants-apple-and-google-hit-all-time-highs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/tech-giants-apple-and-google-hit-all-time-highs\/32657\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Giants Apple and Google Hit All Time Highs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - News Links *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3490797620\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Friday, August 17th can be considered a\u00a0historic\u00a0event in the tech sector with both Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG)\u00a0closing at their all time highs. AAPL finished the\u00a0trading session closing at 648.11 +1.85% breaking a previous high of 644 in April and GOOG at 677.14 +.63%. The trend hints for more room for growth.\u00a0Some analysts anticipate that AAPL still has 10% to the upside to bring it above the $700 mark by the year&#8217;s end.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/d40ct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120820235807im_\/http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/d40ct.png?1\" alt=\"\" title=\"Hosted by imgur.com\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AAPL is set to announce a series of revised product launches on Sept. 12, 2012. Investors are speculating significant advances in the Iphone 5 as well as a fresh update to the Ipod line up. Rumor still lingers on the idea of an Ipad mini and an Apple branded TV.<\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: In one of my previous articles it was mentioned that breaking major levels of technical <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/mental-resistance-breaks-for-aapl-and-goog\/32254\">resistance<\/a> was critical and gave a nice indication for a rally. 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