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Nike Climbs as Apple’s Tim Cook Buys $3 Million in Stock

The athletic brand’s shares ticked up 2 percent in premarket trading on Wednesday.
In August, Nike released 1970s-inspired iterations of its most popular performance running shoes.
Tim Cook has served on Nike’s board since 2005.

Nike shares ticked up 2 percent in premarket trading on Wednesday after Apple CEO Tim Cook bought ⁠nearly $3 million worth of the sportswear ⁠maker’s stock.

Cook, who has served on Nike’s board since 2005 and is its lead independent director, bought ‍50,000 shares ​at $58.97 each, according to a ‍regulatory filing published on Tuesday.

Nike shares ⁠were trading at $58.49 on ‍Wednesday.

The purchase comes just days after Nike reported weaker quarterly ‍margins and sluggish sales ‍in ‌China. Its shares have slumped nearly ‌13 percent since it reported ​results ‍on December 18.

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Cook now holds about 105,000 shares in Nike, as of December 22, ‌the filing showed.

By Aishwarya Venugopal

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