Financial news on August 1st, 2008
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 25.95 | 25.95 | 25.07 | 25.44 | 82.7M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 22.27 | 22.35 | 21.67 | 21.99 | 43.6M |
| Intel | INTC | 22.41 | 22.52 | 21.98 | 22.35 | 42.1M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 30.27 | 30.64 | 29.71 | 30.50 | 40.4M |
| General Electric | GE | 28.43 | 28.70 | 28.10 | 28.21 | 37.4M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 31.01 | 31.67 | 30.18 | 30.44 | 36.1M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 18.81 | 18.95 | 18.53 | 18.60 | 32.9M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41.11 | 41.75 | 39.77 | 40.76 | 30.8M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 80.55 | 81.10 | 79.45 | 79.72 | 28.8M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21.69 | 21.69 | 21.27 | 21.50 | 25M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 20.90 | 20.95 | 20.23 | 20.35 | 21.2M |
| Merck | MRK | 33.09 | 33.60 | 32.74 | 33.26 | 20.5M |
| Apple | AAPL | 159.94 | 159.99 | 155.75 | 156.66 | 19.5M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 34.44 | 34.64 | 33.97 | 34.00 | 18.1M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 58.75 | 58.78 | 57.36 | 57.75 | 17.3M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 51.94 | 53.22 | 51.74 | 53.14 | 16.6M |
| Visa | V | 73.30 | 74.10 | 70.35 | 71.73 | 15.4M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 30.50 | 30.70 | 29.83 | 30.08 | 15.1M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.16 | 21.37 | 21.07 | 21.11 | 14.5M |
| Altria | MO | 20.54 | 20.98 | 20.46 | 20.90 | 13.8M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 81.16 | 83.23 | 80.83 | 81.15 | 13.6M |
| Chevron | CVX | 83.98 | 85.46 | 83.46 | 84.31 | 13.1M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 56.34 | 57.11 | 55.83 | 56.07 | 12.2M |
| Home Depot | HD | 24.03 | 24.21 | 22.82 | 23.90 | 11.9M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 65.73 | 65.98 | 64.72 | 64.95 | 11.1M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 44.80 | 45.00 | 43.70 | 43.96 | 11M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 27.99 | 28.31 | 27.44 | 28.13 | 10.7M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 68.50 | 68.80 | 67.93 | 68.10 | 9.05M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 100.90 | 103.07 | 99.03 | 100.20 | 8.66M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 62.45 | 63.35 | 62.16 | 62.78 | 8.62M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 82.45 | 82.86 | 78.85 | 79.44 | 7.92M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 66.82 | 67.40 | 66.36 | 66.63 | 7.64M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 59.83 | 60.51 | 59.44 | 59.77 | 7.17M |
| Boeing | BA | 61.39 | 62.28 | 60.77 | 62.01 | 7.02M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 64.07 | 64.33 | 62.94 | 63.56 | 6.09M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 54.92 | 54.97 | 52.97 | 53.69 | 6.04M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 472.06 | 473.22 | 462.50 | 467.86 | 6.01M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 128.52 | 129.30 | 126.28 | 126.64 | 4.94M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 76.36 | 76.49 | 74.05 | 75.75 | 4.77M |
| 3M | MMM | 70.53 | 71.06 | 69.84 | 70.15 | 3.03M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3845.00 | 3905.00 | 3823.00 | 3887.00 | 16.9K |
Exchange Rates of August 1st, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 107.680 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.027 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.974 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.050 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.953 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.843 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 167.610 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.788 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.269 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.674 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.597 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.598 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.626 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.634 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.612 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.470 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.129 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.999 AUD | 1 AUD = 1.001 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.953 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.049 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0.974 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.026 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.126 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.470 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.028 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.493 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.073 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.482 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.954 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.048 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.975 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.026 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.022 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.979 CAD |
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