Technology Conquers Stock Market
This sweep of the market's top rungs didn't even happen during the dot-com bubble.
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Notch another milestone for the technology industry.
As of the close of U.S. stock trading on Monday, the five biggest companies in the world by market value were all U.S. tech companies, according to Bloomberg data. This tech sweep of the market's top rungs didn't happen during the heights of the dot-com bubble in 2000 and hasn't happened since. (Tech companies have previously taken the top four spots, briefly.)