Quarterly Profit for Exxon Hits All-Time High, Almost Equals Apple's

On Friday, Exxon Mobil Corp. reported a quarterly profit that nearly matched that of tech giant Apple, shattering analysts' forecasts thanks to rising energy prices.

With rising natural gas and oil prices, the company's net profit for the third quarter of 2018 was $19.66 billion, which was significantly higher than the revised Wall Street estimates and almost as high as Apple's net profit for the same time, which was $20.....