Financial news on November 3rd, 2008
Business and Financial news
Last week, Canada’s Frank magazine, which once took unvarnished delight in the failings of others, stopped publishing. Read more..
While the experience of covering a presidential campaign is invaluable, journalists’ opportunities are few after the election. Read more..
Analysts expect an array of private equity firms to face pressure as profits shrink and creditors come knocking. Read more..
There is a long tradition of market watchers seeking connections between two of America’s favorite pastimes: picking presidents and picking stocks. Read more..
This holiday season, retailers may have no choice but to resort to aggressive pricing to draw more people into the stores. Read more..
In the latest edition of its “Security Intelligence Report,” Microsoft said that the security 0f its Windows operating system has significantly improved. Read more..
The producers of the reality TV series “Wall Street Warriors” find themselves in a case of life imitating life. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 22.48 | 22.91 | 22.21 | 22.62 | 61.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 17.68 | 17.70 | 17.00 | 17.20 | 56.9M |
General Electric | GE | 19.78 | 19.88 | 19.20 | 19.30 | 56.4M |
Intel | INTC | 16.13 | 16.34 | 15.60 | 15.64 | 54.1M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64.54 | 65.25 | 64.07 | 64.40 | 50.5M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41.25 | 41.25 | 40.20 | 40.73 | 45.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17.85 | 18.01 | 17.57 | 17.76 | 41.5M |
Apple | AAPL | 105.93 | 109.10 | 104.86 | 106.96 | 37.8M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34.05 | 34.47 | 33.41 | 33.80 | 37.4M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 73.45 | 75.18 | 72.50 | 74.29 | 35.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.11 | 18.41 | 18.04 | 18.33 | 28.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26.87 | 28.21 | 26.85 | 27.81 | 26M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 15.77 | 17.37 | 15.75 | 17.09 | 23.5M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 38.28 | 39.39 | 38.05 | 38.61 | 21.7M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 25.85 | 25.85 | 24.19 | 25.04 | 19.7M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 56.76 | 57.20 | 55.76 | 55.97 | 18.8M |
Home Depot | HD | 23.59 | 23.59 | 22.11 | 22.22 | 17.9M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 52.34 | 52.66 | 49.19 | 49.73 | 17.1M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.12 | 31.06 | 29.92 | 30.75 | 15.5M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 55.12 | 56.26 | 54.75 | 56.00 | 13.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 51.28 | 52.47 | 50.91 | 51.56 | 13.3M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 20.70 | 21.00 | 20.49 | 20.55 | 12.7M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 357.58 | 362.99 | 341.43 | 346.49 | 11.9M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61.49 | 61.82 | 60.56 | 61.16 | 11.8M |
Altria | MO | 19.39 | 19.39 | 18.94 | 19.13 | 11.8M |
Merck | MRK | 30.93 | 31.10 | 29.56 | 29.97 | 11.8M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 45.75 | 47.99 | 45.60 | 47.31 | 10.8M |
Chevron | CVX | 73.44 | 74.89 | 72.67 | 73.69 | 10.5M |
Amgen | AMGN | 60.47 | 61.84 | 60.21 | 61.55 | 10.3M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 44.51 | 45.65 | 44.16 | 45.45 | 9.29M |
Boeing | BA | 52.42 | 53.18 | 50.82 | 52.85 | 8.41M |
McDonald's | MCD | 57.93 | 58.93 | 56.59 | 57.03 | 7.76M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 92.64 | 94.67 | 92.17 | 92.68 | 7.69M |
Amazon | AMZN | 56.35 | 57.25 | 55.02 | 55.77 | 7.17M |
Visa | V | 55.35 | 56.10 | 51.91 | 52.49 | 7.11M |
Pepsico | PEP | 56.97 | 57.86 | 56.50 | 57.47 | 5.57M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 66.69 | 67.29 | 63.83 | 64.35 | 5.47M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 23.68 | 23.99 | 23.25 | 23.49 | 5.45M |
United Technologies | UTX | 54.96 | 55.70 | 54.09 | 54.25 | 4.12M |
3M | MMM | 63.56 | 64.65 | 63.47 | 64.11 | 3.68M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3800.00 | 3918.00 | 3790.00 | 3860.00 | 33.3K |
Exchange Rates of November 3rd, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 99.100 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.181 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.847 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.175 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.851 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.837 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 125.300 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.799 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.252 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.868 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.535 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.493 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.670 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.485 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.673 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.642 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.116 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.637 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.569 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.490 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.671 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.192 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.839 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.185 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.844 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.339 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.428 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.869 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.535 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.859 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.538 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.801 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.093 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.799 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.252 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.795 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.258 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.626 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.216 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.993 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.007 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.792 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.173 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.822 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.172 CHF |
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