Shares of Apple Inc. rose 0.8% in afternoon trading Friday, putting them on track to close above the widely followed 50-day moving average (DMA) for second straight session. The last time the technology behemoth’s stock closed in back-to-back sessions above that key technical level, which many chart watchers view as a shorter-term trend tracker, was April 8. However, the 50-DMA ($144.93) is currently well below the 200-day moving average ($158.28), which many view as a dividing line between longer-term uptrends and downtrends, but was well above the 200-DMA back in April. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average …
