Financial news on June 02, 2006
Business and Financial news
James B. Rogers Jr., fund manager, author and avowed commodities bull, is undeterred even as less committed bulls suspect that the peak is past. Read more..
Sales of fuel-efficient vehicles like the Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic and Hyundai Sonata all rose 20 percent or more compared with May 2005. Read more..
Henry M. Paulson Jr. could receive a tax break of at least $48 million if he is confirmed as Treasury secretary. Read more..
In the world's biggest public share offering in six years, investors raised $9.7 billion for one of China's biggest state-owned banks. Read more..
Luxembourg's involvement in the acquisition battle over Arcelor has critics citing protectionism. Read more..
By Bloomberg News. Read more..
European countries have to deal not only with immigration from places like Africa and Southeast Asia, but also from their neighbors in the European Union. Read more..
Investors should know how much the executive's wealth will rise if the stock goes up, and how much it will fall if the stock goes down. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 22,87 | 22,99 | 22,67 | 22,76 | 73.9M |
Intel | INTC | 18,07 | 18,31 | 17,96 | 18,23 | 71.3M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 20,60 | 20,80 | 20,35 | 20,44 | 43.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 62,99 | 63,10 | 60,88 | 61,66 | 24.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 14,22 | 14,28 | 14,04 | 14,15 | 22.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 24,00 | 24,23 | 23,87 | 24,19 | 21.6M |
General Electric | GE | 34,58 | 34,81 | 34,48 | 34,66 | 21.2M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 33,30 | 33,55 | 32,67 | 33,52 | 20.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 61,15 | 62,15 | 60,51 | 61,65 | 17.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48,17 | 48,35 | 47,32 | 47,83 | 13.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26,80 | 26,96 | 26,47 | 26,73 | 13.2M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 386,84 | 387,08 | 377,45 | 379,44 | 12.8M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 46,28 | 47,37 | 46,28 | 46,98 | 12.7M |
Home Depot | HD | 38,41 | 38,75 | 37,80 | 38,00 | 12.5M |
Chevron | CVX | 60,21 | 60,85 | 59,83 | 60,75 | 11.4M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 31,96 | 32,23 | 31,85 | 31,94 | 9.68M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43,80 | 44,20 | 43,53 | 43,81 | 9.64M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 64,40 | 65,01 | 63,46 | 64,51 | 9.27M |
Altria | MO | 72,41 | 72,95 | 72,00 | 72,85 | 9.2M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 32,41 | 32,46 | 32,02 | 32,40 | 9.01M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 30,61 | 30,69 | 30,45 | 30,62 | 8.78M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 54,37 | 54,55 | 53,80 | 53,95 | 8.58M |
Amgen | AMGN | 69,05 | 69,45 | 68,00 | 69,18 | 8.36M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 65,48 | 66,54 | 64,99 | 66,05 | 7.62M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 80,50 | 80,56 | 79,15 | 79,52 | 7.23M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 43,10 | 43,35 | 42,89 | 43,13 | 7.08M |
Merck | MRK | 33,65 | 34,24 | 33,50 | 33,95 | 6.68M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60,70 | 61,01 | 60,45 | 60,74 | 6.67M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25,10 | 25,40 | 24,95 | 25,27 | 6.13M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 43,93 | 44,13 | 43,60 | 43,89 | 6.06M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 67,89 | 68,31 | 67,68 | 68,14 | 5.52M |
Amazon | AMZN | 35,19 | 35,22 | 34,05 | 34,76 | 5.44M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 58,99 | 59,40 | 57,83 | 58,40 | 4.71M |
McDonald's | MCD | 33,60 | 33,78 | 33,25 | 33,51 | 4.42M |
Pepsico | PEP | 60,87 | 61,00 | 60,22 | 60,67 | 4.37M |
United Technologies | UTX | 63,20 | 63,44 | 62,50 | 63,03 | 3.45M |
Boeing | BA | 84,04 | 84,58 | 83,17 | 83,80 | 3.23M |
3M | MMM | 84,80 | 85,23 | 84,50 | 84,78 | 2.32M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 94,90 | 95,20 | 93,24 | 94,05 | 1.8M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3057,00 | 3066,00 | 3044,00 | 3056,00 | 6.1K |
Exchange Rates of June 02, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 111,570 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,101 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,908 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,207 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,828 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 8,021 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,125 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 144,160 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,686 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,458 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,718 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,582 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,422 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,703 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,560 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,641 EUR |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,504 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,399 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,073 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,482 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,274 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,440 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,828 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,208 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,908 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,102 AUD |
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