Apple Retreats From Record High After Unveiling $3,499 Headset

  • IPhone maker hits record intraday high at start of conference
  • Shares drop to day’s low after headset, launch date announced

Apple stock has risen consistently throughout 2023.

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Apple Inc. closed lower Monday, reversing gains that sent shares to an all-time high earlier in the day, after investors balked at the steep price of its newly-launched Vision Pro mixed-reality headset.

Shares of the iPhone maker slipped 0.8% to close at $179.58 per share on Monday. The stock had risen as much as 2.2% to a record high at the kickoff to its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. But that rally proved short-lived, with the shares gradually paring gains into the afternoon session before abruptly turning lower, falling to session lows after Apple announced the headset would come early next year, carrying a $3,499 price tag.