Bloomberg agency published the June top list of the largest companies worldwide. The leading position is given to Exxon Mobil, the oil producer. Its stock value has reached $398 billion this year; the figure exceeds the readings of the last year by 3.8%. The top lines are also occupied by American bank Wells Fargo & Co and its compatriot Johnson & Johnson, the producer of consumer items.
“Investors are looking at the U.S. because there are actually signs of growth, versus China where it’s exactly the opposite,” Wayne Lin from Legg Mason Inc remarked.
The top ten also includes the following companies: Apple, Microsoft, Google, Wal-Mart Stores, Berkshire Hathaway, Chevron Corp, and General Electric Co.
Wells Fargo rounds out the top ten list, being the world’s No. 1 bank with capitalization of $218 billion.
PetroChina, the oil company and the leader of 2010, ranked 6th in Bloomberg’s rating in May. After having lost $35 billion, the company went down to the 12th line in June. Close on its tail, the Industrial & Commercial bank of China takes the 13th place.
