Financial news on December 2nd, 2008
Business and Financial news
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 16.14 | 17.79 | 15.77 | 17.61 | 219M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 26.54 | 28.90 | 24.61 | 28.53 | 81.3M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 24.17 | 26.13 | 22.57 | 25.89 | 80.3M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 18.99 | 19.31 | 18.56 | 19.15 | 79.7M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 15.17 | 15.39 | 14.75 | 15.32 | 65.7M |
| Intel | INTC | 12.92 | 13.33 | 12.62 | 13.28 | 63.8M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 75.59 | 78.00 | 74.93 | 77.61 | 54.7M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 15.68 | 16.09 | 15.45 | 16.02 | 43.5M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 15.61 | 16.02 | 15.26 | 15.79 | 41.7M |
| Apple | AAPL | 90.03 | 92.65 | 86.50 | 92.47 | 41M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 27.34 | 28.25 | 27.20 | 28.04 | 37M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 15.75 | 16.16 | 15.48 | 16.00 | 27M |
| Altria | MO | 15.51 | 15.55 | 14.80 | 15.09 | 25.6M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53.77 | 54.26 | 52.22 | 53.45 | 24.5M |
| Home Depot | HD | 21.52 | 21.95 | 20.65 | 21.85 | 23.8M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 31.19 | 32.39 | 30.85 | 32.13 | 23.2M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 33.85 | 34.54 | 33.08 | 34.27 | 21.7M |
| Chevron | CVX | 73.74 | 76.95 | 73.04 | 75.54 | 21.1M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.60 | 61.65 | 59.35 | 61.44 | 20.2M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 20.65 | 21.55 | 20.30 | 21.46 | 20.1M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 49.61 | 50.24 | 47.70 | 49.52 | 18.9M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 50.92 | 52.13 | 50.47 | 51.97 | 16.2M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 56.11 | 57.00 | 54.95 | 56.83 | 16.1M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 19.59 | 20.35 | 19.41 | 20.28 | 15.9M |
| Merck | MRK | 25.87 | 26.77 | 25.36 | 26.68 | 15.5M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 43.39 | 44.31 | 41.65 | 43.92 | 14.7M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 45.02 | 45.02 | 42.94 | 43.93 | 14.3M |
| 3M | MMM | 60.70 | 62.14 | 58.82 | 60.86 | 11.9M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 269.73 | 277.78 | 262.58 | 275.11 | 11.7M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 54.86 | 55.80 | 53.66 | 54.64 | 10.8M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 56.87 | 57.75 | 55.44 | 57.05 | 10.2M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 46.43 | 46.60 | 45.05 | 46.06 | 9.45M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 77.80 | 80.00 | 76.14 | 79.84 | 9.31M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 20.50 | 21.22 | 19.25 | 20.32 | 8.94M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 41.39 | 41.71 | 38.82 | 41.19 | 8.71M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 42.86 | 44.34 | 42.75 | 44.09 | 8.59M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 54.51 | 54.84 | 53.11 | 54.45 | 7.04M |
| Visa | V | 48.69 | 49.76 | 47.53 | 49.68 | 6.64M |
| Boeing | BA | 40.54 | 41.00 | 39.25 | 40.70 | 6.03M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 47.78 | 48.56 | 45.76 | 47.27 | 5.93M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3260.00 | 3403.00 | 3200.00 | 3336.00 | 44.4K |
Exchange Rates of December 2nd, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 93.180 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.247 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.802 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.206 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.829 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.880 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.145 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 118.460 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.853 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.172 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.978 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.506 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.587 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.630 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.534 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.652 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.743 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.114 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.720 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.390 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.669 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.599 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.338 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.747 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.294 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.773 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.318 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.431 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.859 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.538 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.797 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.556 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.243 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.098 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.801 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.248 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.775 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.291 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.428 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.226 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.967 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.035 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.501 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.182 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.700 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.175 CHF |
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