Financial news on February 01, 2007
Business and Financial news
Google reported a sharp rise in both sales and profit, driven by blockbuster growth of its search-driven advertising business. Read more..
A consortium of investors led by Vornado Realty Trust planned to raise its bid for Equity Office Properties Group to more than $40 billion. Read more..
Uniden’s water resistant phone has a 100-name phone book, caller ID with a 100-number memory and 20 ring tones. Read more..
The X Prize Foundation said it was starting a broad fund-raising campaign to reward other innovators. Read more..
While digital photography has freed up closet space, sorting and retrieving pictures in the era of the 250-gigabyte hard drive has created a set of challenges of its own. Read more..
The Fed signaled that it is likely to keep the benchmark rate at current levels for the foreseeable future. Read more..
The alliance calls for cooperation on joint listings, trading technology and marketing, with the possibility of investing in each other in the future. Read more..
The latest options in portable Internet phone-calling equipment that might appeal to the inner economist in you. Read more..
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. said efforts to persuade China to let its currency rise in value had achieved “some results” but that Beijing’s leadership needed to do far more. Read more..
The withdrawal ends speculation of an imminent wave of consolidation in the troubled airline industry. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26,67 | 26,99 | 26,36 | 26,59 | 55.6M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 30,84 | 30,94 | 30,37 | 30,56 | 55.4M |
Intel | INTC | 20,98 | 21,14 | 20,87 | 21,11 | 50.5M |
General Electric | GE | 36,18 | 36,24 | 35,76 | 36,23 | 37.9M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 506,00 | 506,01 | 481,53 | 481,75 | 31.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26,39 | 26,69 | 26,31 | 26,62 | 30.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17,22 | 17,34 | 17,03 | 17,05 | 29.3M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 43,86 | 44,19 | 42,08 | 42,92 | 26.3M |
Amazon | AMZN | 37,95 | 39,30 | 37,85 | 38,70 | 26.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 74,58 | 75,28 | 73,81 | 75,08 | 25.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 86,23 | 86,27 | 84,74 | 84,74 | 23.7M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 28,90 | 29,33 | 28,74 | 28,80 | 20.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 37,70 | 37,81 | 37,47 | 37,75 | 19.8M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 69,85 | 71,92 | 69,51 | 71,53 | 18.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 66,70 | 67,42 | 66,34 | 67,31 | 18.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 42,60 | 43,12 | 42,23 | 42,36 | 16.4M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 38,77 | 38,77 | 37,90 | 38,00 | 15.1M |
Amgen | AMGN | 70,19 | 70,25 | 69,02 | 69,49 | 13.8M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 50,98 | 51,24 | 50,86 | 51,21 | 13.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47,51 | 48,08 | 47,44 | 47,78 | 13.2M |
Home Depot | HD | 40,90 | 41,18 | 40,69 | 41,08 | 12.5M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 52,50 | 52,98 | 52,23 | 52,87 | 11.9M |
Altria | MO | 87,48 | 87,85 | 86,73 | 87,48 | 11.6M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 63,61 | 64,50 | 63,23 | 64,39 | 11.5M |
Chevron | CVX | 73,25 | 74,96 | 73,10 | 74,47 | 11M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66,80 | 67,07 | 66,50 | 67,01 | 9.23M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 35,09 | 35,15 | 34,89 | 35,01 | 8.16M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64,90 | 65,49 | 64,68 | 65,34 | 8.12M |
Merck | MRK | 44,90 | 45,44 | 44,69 | 45,13 | 7.96M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35,93 | 36,09 | 35,62 | 35,87 | 7.88M |
Boeing | BA | 89,95 | 92,24 | 89,73 | 91,05 | 6.62M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 98,97 | 99,18 | 97,96 | 99,00 | 6.61M |
3M | MMM | 74,75 | 74,83 | 73,71 | 73,99 | 6.5M |
McDonald's | MCD | 44,26 | 44,52 | 44,20 | 44,48 | 6.09M |
United Technologies | UTX | 68,05 | 68,73 | 67,90 | 68,58 | 5.9M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 47,99 | 48,27 | 47,85 | 48,10 | 5.2M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 52,27 | 53,22 | 51,78 | 52,80 | 4.69M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65,00 | 65,39 | 64,68 | 65,38 | 4.38M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 101,00 | 103,40 | 100,98 | 102,84 | 4.27M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3671,50 | 3690,00 | 3655,00 | 3681,00 | 13K |
Exchange Rates of February 01, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 120,780 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,178 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,849 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,244 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,804 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,759 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,129 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 157,270 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,662 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,511 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,682 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,595 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,534 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,652 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,619 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,618 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,421 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,377 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,069 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,936 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,975 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,025 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,029 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,972 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,541 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,394 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,318 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,431 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,445 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,409 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,912 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,097 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,962 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,039 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,055 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,948 CAD |
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