Apple set to gap up in premarket trading Monday - update

Having closed at $527.68 Friday, the stock touched $535 before U.S. markets opened

Premarket trading in AAPL. Source: thinkorswim

FORTUNE -- After hitting a nine-month low shortly before noon on Friday, Apple (AAPL) shares bounced nearly $22 and closed in positive territory for the first time in a week. Judging from pre-market trading Monday, the stock was getting set to continue its recovery, along with the rest of the market. (S&P futures were up sharply as well.)

UPDATE: Apple opened at $540.62 and by 10 a.m. had hit $550, up more than $22 (4.2%) from Friday's close.

Posted in: Apple, Gap up, Share price, Stock market

• The bear case for Apple

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  FORTUNE -- "Run for the hills!" a reader e-mailed yesterday, "because its going to get ugly. $400 by April 2013, $270 by next fall ... almost inevitable."

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  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 16, 2012 8:35 AM ET
  Posted in: Apple, Bear case, Share price, Stock market

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  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 14, 2012 7:08 AM ET
  Posted in: Analysts, Apple, Share price, Stock market, Wall Street

• The blogger who called Apple's bottom

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  We gave Andy Zaky, an independent analyst with a enviable track record, a hard time a few weeks ago.

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  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jul 8, 2011 7:06 AM ET
  Posted in: Andy Zaky, Apple, Bullish Cross, Financials, Investing, NASDAQ, Seeking Alpha, Stock market

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  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 5, 2011 6:50 AM ET
  Posted in: Apple, Financial, Microsoft, NASDAQ, Stock market, Wall Street Journal