Financial news on October 2nd, 2009
Business and Financial news
The weapons maker has denied accusations of bribery linked to deals in Africa and Eastern Europe. Read more..
Many economists expect China to replace Japan as the world’s second-largest economy next year, five years earlier than previously forecast. Read more..
The insurance company, which aims at the affluent, is using waterfalls, alligators and charging bulls to show how danger can lurk unexpectedly. Read more..
Mr. Letterman said on his show that a person demanded $2 million not to reveal his sexual affairs with staff members. Read more..
The fund’s latest report predicts a global expansion of 3.1 percent next year, better than its earlier forecast. Read more..
The collapse of talks between Bharti Airtel of India and MTN Group of South Africa illustrated the difficulty of striking deals in emerging markets. Read more..
There have been a flurry of new investment funds organized to buy up heavily discounted residential property from desperate sellers. Read more..
Despite an increase in spending, economists worry any rebound could falter if income growth does not improve. Read more..
Yes, President Obama is pushing for the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held Chicago, but Rio de Janeiro is the city that can best afford it. Read more..
The Dec. 31 departure of Kenneth D. Lewis has left the board at Bank of America scrambling for a successor. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 15.45 | 15.66 | 15.15 | 15.36 | 133M |
Intel | INTC | 18.95 | 19.22 | 18.95 | 18.97 | 58.2M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 26.04 | 26.69 | 25.99 | 26.28 | 52.1M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 24.46 | 25.09 | 24.43 | 24.96 | 51.2M |
Pfizer | PFE | 16.36 | 16.52 | 16.08 | 16.15 | 50.4M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 15.78 | 15.79 | 15.14 | 15.24 | 45.4M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 40.82 | 42.40 | 40.53 | 41.86 | 43.1M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 22.86 | 23.08 | 22.62 | 22.67 | 42M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20.25 | 20.64 | 20.24 | 20.34 | 41.7M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 45.20 | 47.06 | 45.00 | 46.80 | 35.2M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48.41 | 50.00 | 48.41 | 49.84 | 26.7M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26.55 | 26.75 | 26.45 | 26.52 | 24.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 66.97 | 67.14 | 66.50 | 66.58 | 20.5M |
Merck | MRK | 31.18 | 31.83 | 31.09 | 31.65 | 20.5M |
Apple | AAPL | 181.41 | 185.94 | 181.35 | 184.90 | 19.8M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 45.59 | 45.96 | 45.20 | 45.28 | 18.2M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.98 | 30.15 | 29.86 | 29.89 | 17.6M |
Pepsico | PEP | 59.12 | 61.24 | 58.93 | 60.90 | 17.5M |
Altria | MO | 17.41 | 17.53 | 17.36 | 17.47 | 15.8M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.89 | 49.34 | 48.84 | 49.08 | 15.1M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 27.05 | 27.27 | 26.84 | 27.21 | 14.6M |
Home Depot | HD | 26.15 | 26.27 | 25.87 | 26.03 | 13.8M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 56.40 | 56.91 | 56.20 | 56.75 | 13.1M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 53.06 | 54.08 | 52.91 | 53.87 | 12.6M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 24.68 | 24.91 | 23.95 | 24.28 | 11.2M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 45.30 | 45.51 | 44.46 | 44.51 | 10.3M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.05 | 22.35 | 22.00 | 22.26 | 9.73M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 59.82 | 60.20 | 59.42 | 59.73 | 9.13M |
Chevron | CVX | 68.22 | 68.79 | 68.03 | 68.14 | 8.96M |
McDonald's | MCD | 56.27 | 57.18 | 56.09 | 56.71 | 8.86M |
Visa | V | 68.44 | 69.10 | 66.55 | 67.79 | 8.85M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 117.40 | 119.66 | 117.26 | 119.02 | 7.58M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 56.35 | 57.13 | 56.00 | 56.83 | 6.86M |
Boeing | BA | 51.19 | 51.76 | 50.10 | 51.40 | 6.04M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 483.74 | 491.74 | 482.60 | 484.58 | 5.2M |
Amazon | AMZN | 90.05 | 91.14 | 89.58 | 89.85 | 5.04M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 57.46 | 58.60 | 57.06 | 57.38 | 4.81M |
United Technologies | UTX | 59.38 | 59.94 | 59.31 | 59.63 | 4.66M |
Amgen | AMGN | 58.99 | 59.26 | 58.36 | 58.58 | 4.52M |
3M | MMM | 71.81 | 72.35 | 71.62 | 71.93 | 3.24M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3218.00 | 3271.00 | 3211.00 | 3264.50 | 36.5K |
Exchange Rates of October 2nd, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 89.780 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.079 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.927 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.035 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.966 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.827 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 130.870 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.914 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.094 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.684 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.594 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.572 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.636 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.509 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.663 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.948 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.101 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.698 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.433 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.287 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.777 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.202 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.832 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.152 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.868 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.842 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.543 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.721 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.581 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.650 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.606 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.874 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.092 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.934 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.071 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.895 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.117 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.907 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.169 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.957 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.045 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.325 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.158 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.596 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.152 CHF |
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