Amid questions about the durability of the artificial intelligence complex and fears of a global rate sell-off, Apple is suddenly investors’ safety trade of choice.

Shares rose 2.6% Tuesday amid a broader tech rout, continuing its outperformance of the broader market.

In fact, Apple stock hasn’t been this inversely correlated to its tech peers since 2005, according to a CNBC analysis using ThinkOrSwim data. The 30-day correlation between the second-largest company in the world and the Nasdaq-100 Index of which it commands a 7.5% weighting reached a low of negative 0.86 on Thursday and is currently at -0.82. In the past month, shares of the iPhone…