Apple's real or fictitious woes aside, if the stock closed up 2.06 to 527.68 on Friday, how is Friday's close the lowest Apple has been in 6 months? Wouldn't that be Thursday's close of 525.62?
The original article does not mention closing price, and it was written on Friday. Either they mean the sharp drop during the day on Friday or the closing price on Thursday.
You're right, friday was not the lowest close, but intraday they made a new low and then bounced back pretty dramatically. I took the opportunity to buy a little.