Financial news on April 4th, 2006
Business and Financial news
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 19,38 | 19,50 | 19,25 | 19,30 | 67.1M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27,60 | 27,80 | 27,47 | 27,64 | 45.5M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21,52 | 21,70 | 21,40 | 21,56 | 43.1M |
| Apple | AAPL | 62,11 | 62,22 | 61,05 | 61,17 | 33.3M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 390,00 | 404,90 | 388,14 | 404,34 | 31.4M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 13,78 | 13,91 | 13,78 | 13,84 | 30.8M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 25,23 | 25,24 | 25,01 | 25,10 | 21.8M |
| General Electric | GE | 34,87 | 34,87 | 34,32 | 34,70 | 21.6M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 60,90 | 62,01 | 60,43 | 61,75 | 14.9M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41,60 | 42,46 | 41,50 | 42,27 | 14M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 64,13 | 65,40 | 64,13 | 65,15 | 12.7M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 27,01 | 27,25 | 26,96 | 27,12 | 11M |
| Altria | MO | 71,30 | 71,70 | 70,87 | 71,08 | 10.1M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 33,45 | 33,75 | 33,17 | 33,69 | 9.8M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 71,87 | 72,28 | 71,61 | 72,02 | 9.65M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 59,27 | 59,31 | 58,75 | 58,82 | 9.51M |
| Merck | MRK | 35,75 | 35,90 | 35,41 | 35,48 | 9.07M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 57,83 | 58,48 | 57,77 | 58,00 | 8.87M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 46,69 | 46,77 | 46,35 | 46,50 | 8.72M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 42,95 | 42,99 | 42,41 | 42,59 | 7.88M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 34,59 | 34,71 | 34,36 | 34,60 | 7.66M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24,72 | 24,85 | 24,53 | 24,75 | 7.64M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 26,30 | 26,59 | 26,21 | 26,49 | 7.58M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 27,86 | 28,25 | 27,78 | 27,91 | 7.56M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 55,47 | 55,70 | 55,00 | 55,30 | 6.93M |
| Home Depot | HD | 42,40 | 42,70 | 42,06 | 42,55 | 6.31M |
| Chevron | CVX | 58,35 | 59,15 | 58,06 | 58,91 | 5.8M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 126,75 | 130,69 | 126,65 | 130,60 | 5.55M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 41,82 | 42,13 | 41,68 | 42,08 | 4.63M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 63,85 | 65,00 | 63,33 | 64,53 | 4.42M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 34,88 | 34,91 | 34,57 | 34,66 | 4.28M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 83,10 | 83,78 | 82,80 | 83,45 | 3.85M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 64,33 | 65,26 | 64,26 | 64,87 | 3.74M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 36,14 | 37,10 | 36,02 | 36,77 | 3.72M |
| 3M | MMM | 77,00 | 77,99 | 76,52 | 77,00 | 3.63M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 57,92 | 57,92 | 57,62 | 57,81 | 3.55M |
| Boeing | BA | 78,58 | 78,85 | 77,50 | 78,60 | 2.6M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 57,93 | 58,58 | 57,56 | 58,15 | 2.2M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 94,67 | 96,00 | 94,46 | 95,71 | 1.87M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3010,00 | 3013,00 | 2995,50 | 3001,00 | 14.3K |
Exchange Rates of April 4th, 2006
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117,510 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,164 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,859 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,290 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,775 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 8,015 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,125 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 144,070 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,698 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,432 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,700 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,588 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,426 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,701 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,581 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,633 EUR |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,434 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,411 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,042 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,490 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,263 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,442 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,838 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,193 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,929 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,076 AUD |
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