Apple stock briefly tops $5 trillion, becoming only the second company to reach the milestone

Apple becomes only the second publicly traded company to reach the milestone, a day after surpassing Nvidia as the most valuable company

Apple overtook Nvidia to claim the title of the world’s most valuable company on Monday, knocking the chipmaker from the top spot after more than two years. The iPhone maker, which has seen its stock climb 25 percent since the start of the year, held a market capitalization of $4.99 trillion as of midday Tuesday.…