Google becomes the 2nd World Market Cap

The Internet giant Google has dislodged the ExxonMobil oil group instead of the second largest market capitalization in the world behind the computer company Apple.

Google ended the session on Monday at the New York Stock Exchange with a market capitalization of nearly $ 394 billion , surpassing for the first time at the end of the Exxon ( $ 388 billion ) .

Apple ahead

Apple remains far ahead with a market capitalization of nearly $ 472 billion . The capitalization of Google had already surpassed Exxon during the session on Friday, but this is the first time this confirms closure.

ExxonMobil , like other American oil companies , saw the share price decline since the beginning of the year. It further declined 1.17% to close at $ 89.52 Monday , bringing its losses since the beginning of January to 11.5 %.

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1. Google title is however on the rise in recent years, it has doubled in value since mid-July 2012. Even with a decline of 0.38% at $ 1,172.93 Monday, it currently operates at its highest historical levels.