Financial news on December 1st, 2010
Business and Financial news
The new plane, an A320 NEO, would feature a new engine that is expected to provide better fuel economy. Read more..
Progressive plans to introduce a separate campaign with a new character to complement its advertising with Flo, a sassy clerk. Read more..
Faster growth and recovery are being held back by uncertainty created by the high level of joblessness, the Fed chairman said. Read more..
The concerns in the bond markets are further straining the decade-old monetary union. Read more..
A speech by Julius Genachowski will outline a proposal that forbids both wired and wireless Internet service providers from blocking lawful content. Read more..
The framework would let consumers decide if they wanted Web sites and advertisers to track them. Read more..
Public incentives, skilled manufacturing workers and ready materials have helped the sector flourish. Read more..
Ireland’s bailout | Financial party platter | WikiLeaks and the U.S. Read more..
Mr. Posner, who was killed in a boat collision in Florida, worked with his father, Victor, in hostile takeovers that led to the convictions of Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky. Read more..
Unemployment in the euro zone rose in October to its highest level in more than 12 years, threatening to defeat efforts to turn around stagnant economies at a time of tight budgets. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19.34 | 19.39 | 19.26 | 19.32 | 79.3M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 25.57 | 26.25 | 25.56 | 26.04 | 74.1M |
General Electric | GE | 16.03 | 16.30 | 16.03 | 16.30 | 68.9M |
Intel | INTC | 21.46 | 21.60 | 21.42 | 21.48 | 52.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 16.49 | 16.75 | 16.42 | 16.70 | 44.9M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.58 | 27.80 | 27.20 | 27.53 | 35.3M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 27.54 | 27.70 | 27.41 | 27.65 | 34.8M |
General Motors | GM | 34.65 | 34.95 | 34.42 | 34.78 | 34.6M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 37.95 | 38.19 | 37.65 | 38.15 | 33.2M |
Merck | MRK | 34.75 | 35.12 | 34.67 | 35.06 | 33.1M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 20.25 | 21.10 | 20.25 | 20.83 | 31.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 70.38 | 71.55 | 70.38 | 71.33 | 26.6M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 28.12 | 28.31 | 28.03 | 28.28 | 23.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 42.50 | 42.94 | 42.33 | 42.57 | 20.7M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46.89 | 47.17 | 46.71 | 47.01 | 20.2M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.42 | 54.85 | 54.39 | 54.70 | 17.9M |
Home Depot | HD | 30.60 | 31.75 | 30.60 | 31.61 | 17.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 315.27 | 317.75 | 315.00 | 316.40 | 16.5M |
Altria | MO | 24.22 | 24.34 | 24.05 | 24.17 | 16M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62.18 | 62.48 | 61.82 | 62.42 | 15.4M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 37.13 | 37.44 | 36.96 | 37.20 | 15.3M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 37.15 | 37.41 | 37.04 | 37.12 | 15M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 32.44 | 32.50 | 32.22 | 32.35 | 14.7M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 61.40 | 62.48 | 61.20 | 62.45 | 14M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 78.30 | 81.20 | 78.30 | 80.85 | 12M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.57 | 62.34 | 61.50 | 62.15 | 11.6M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 37.14 | 37.90 | 37.14 | 37.67 | 11M |
Chevron | CVX | 82.15 | 83.22 | 81.75 | 82.70 | 10.6M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 63.94 | 64.80 | 63.83 | 64.70 | 10.5M |
Pepsico | PEP | 64.79 | 65.72 | 64.59 | 65.63 | 9.97M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.67 | 25.67 | 25.42 | 25.56 | 8.77M |
United Technologies | UTX | 76.54 | 78.49 | 76.54 | 78.26 | 7.95M |
Boeing | BA | 64.66 | 65.79 | 64.52 | 65.72 | 7.52M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 563.00 | 571.57 | 562.40 | 564.35 | 7.5M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 143.61 | 145.13 | 143.51 | 144.41 | 6.82M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 80.72 | 81.92 | 80.25 | 80.68 | 6.66M |
Amazon | AMZN | 179.16 | 179.32 | 176.00 | 176.55 | 5.77M |
Amgen | AMGN | 53.32 | 53.77 | 53.00 | 53.52 | 5.72M |
Visa | V | 74.94 | 75.48 | 74.45 | 75.22 | 5.59M |
McDonald's | MCD | 79.14 | 79.58 | 79.10 | 79.29 | 5.32M |
3M | MMM | 85.42 | 86.73 | 85.40 | 86.05 | 5.15M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 91.46 | 92.15 | 91.05 | 91.42 | 3.25M |
Exchange Rates of December 1st, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 84.190 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.012 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.017 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.983 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.002 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.998 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.664 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.150 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 110.590 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.841 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.189 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.356 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.737 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.336 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.748 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.317 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.759 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.754 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.114 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.760 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.316 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.226 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.816 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.208 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.828 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.190 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.840 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.613 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.620 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.589 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.629 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.566 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.639 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.411 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.096 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.985 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.015 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.971 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.030 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.458 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.985 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.015 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.554 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.153 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.646 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.150 CHF |
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