Financial news on October 1st, 2009
Business and Financial news
A Race in Cardiology
Two major companies are racing to develop the potentially next big thing in heart surgery: a replacement valve that can be implanted through thin tubes known as catheters. Read more..
Bharti and MTN Abandon Talks on Potential Merger
The Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel said that talks on a possible merger with MTN Group of South Africa have ended. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 16.31 | 16.39 | 15.95 | 15.97 | 113M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 25.41 | 25.47 | 24.80 | 24.88 | 76M |
| Intel | INTC | 19.49 | 19.53 | 18.89 | 18.90 | 70.6M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 16.39 | 16.80 | 15.59 | 15.67 | 69M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.35 | 23.58 | 23.07 | 23.09 | 63M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28.06 | 28.06 | 26.53 | 26.60 | 56.5M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 16.50 | 16.53 | 16.28 | 16.31 | 54.7M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43.40 | 43.56 | 41.36 | 41.37 | 50.6M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20.73 | 20.75 | 20.10 | 20.36 | 45.9M |
| Altria | MO | 17.77 | 17.80 | 17.38 | 17.54 | 42.5M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 45.00 | 45.82 | 44.88 | 45.50 | 31.4M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 27.00 | 27.08 | 26.52 | 26.61 | 31.2M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 68.39 | 68.50 | 67.09 | 67.27 | 24.9M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.29 | 30.30 | 29.90 | 30.01 | 23.5M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 49.46 | 49.75 | 48.62 | 48.68 | 22.6M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 49.07 | 49.37 | 48.73 | 49.00 | 22.5M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 47.02 | 47.32 | 45.81 | 45.96 | 20.1M |
| Apple | AAPL | 185.35 | 186.22 | 180.70 | 180.86 | 18.7M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 24.89 | 25.64 | 24.70 | 24.79 | 17.2M |
| Merck | MRK | 31.74 | 31.80 | 31.03 | 31.18 | 17.2M |
| Home Depot | HD | 26.65 | 26.65 | 26.11 | 26.32 | 16.3M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 27.76 | 27.76 | 27.00 | 27.36 | 16.1M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 57.63 | 57.63 | 56.44 | 56.62 | 15.9M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.51 | 22.53 | 22.10 | 22.10 | 14.6M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 53.40 | 53.70 | 53.04 | 53.12 | 14M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.93 | 60.93 | 59.77 | 59.81 | 12.2M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 59.60 | 59.73 | 57.13 | 57.13 | 10M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 56.99 | 57.14 | 56.46 | 56.74 | 10M |
| Chevron | CVX | 70.40 | 70.40 | 68.70 | 68.81 | 9.25M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 58.70 | 58.99 | 58.27 | 58.46 | 9.01M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.34 | 46.51 | 45.30 | 45.30 | 8.08M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 119.39 | 119.61 | 117.56 | 117.90 | 7.07M |
| Visa | V | 68.77 | 70.16 | 68.77 | 69.12 | 7.05M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 60.15 | 60.44 | 58.98 | 59.00 | 7M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 92.50 | 92.90 | 90.37 | 91.04 | 6.65M |
| Boeing | BA | 53.85 | 53.90 | 52.03 | 52.11 | 6.61M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 59.07 | 60.20 | 57.94 | 58.06 | 6.23M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 60.83 | 60.98 | 59.91 | 59.99 | 6.13M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 493.00 | 496.47 | 487.00 | 487.20 | 5.62M |
| 3M | MMM | 73.56 | 73.87 | 72.40 | 72.55 | 4.36M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3281.50 | 3327.00 | 3235.00 | 3261.00 | 29.5K |
Exchange Rates of October 1st, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 89.560 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.084 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.923 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.041 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.961 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.827 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 130.180 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.912 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.097 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.671 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.598 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.575 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.635 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.513 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.661 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.919 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.101 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.700 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.429 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.283 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.779 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.209 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.827 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.162 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.861 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.833 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.546 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.728 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.579 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.660 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.603 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.869 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.092 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.942 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.062 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.905 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.105 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.935 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.168 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.960 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.041 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.299 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.159 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.552 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.153 CHF |
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