shea of apple closed at 9370 today due to 7 for 1 split may clear the which for apple to now join the dow. 7 news reporter jonathanh more? >> if you can afford an i-phone now you can afford to own a little slice of the company that makes them. once praise at over 700 dollars apple shares have split putting them back in reach for the average investor. move by cook that predecessor steve jobs had shied away from. >> steve jobs avoided stock manipulation pretty heavily. he wanted mature investors. he didn't he wanted all the folk to us go on to apple product. >>reporter: tech analyst says cook appears more concerned with the stock which could make it rise in the short-term but be careful. >> remember when we have mark at hp who exhibited the same behavior focus heavily on increasing the stock price and behind the scenes he gutted the company. >>reporter: stop tank for 3 years state before finally recovering but could be another reason cook split the stock with chiefer share put apple more in live to become part of the doyj industrial afternoon. >> what apple is added to the dow is whole slew of index related product