Apple shares drop below $100 for first time since August

In afternoon trading, the stock briefly traded as low as $96.96, its lowest level since Aug. 24, a day when the entire stock market suffered a brief "flash crash." Apple shares traded as low as $92 that day.

Apple shares have not closed below $100 since Oct. 20, 2014.

The shares were last at $100.08 in late-afternoon trading.

(Reporting by Dan Burns; Editing by Leslie Adler)