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Apple (AAPL) stock was in focus on Tuesday after the iPhone maker said John Ternus will replace Tim Cook as its chief executive on Sept. 1.
The announcement arrived only days before AAPL is scheduled to report its Q2 results. Consensus is for the titan to earn $1.91 per share, a meaningful increase from $1.65 per share in the same quarter last year.