Financial news on February 5th, 2010
Business and Financial news
The anticipated offer, worth about $60 a share, is a 60 percent premium to Airgas’s closing price Thursday. Read more..
European countries must get their budgets under control to set the stage for lasting growth, the European Central Bank president said. Read more..
The attorney general accused the bank and two executives of securities fraud. Meanwhile, the bank settled an S.E.C. claim for $150 million. Read more..
MasterCard said it earned $294 million, or $2.24 a share, but fell short of analyst estimates of $2.48 a share. Read more..
The consumer products and devices division, which has products like LCD televisions, camcorders and broadcasting equipment, did far better than analysts had expected. Read more..
Even basic vehicles have at least 30 microprocessors, controlling functions like braking, cruise control and entertainment systems. Read more..
Deutsche Bank was profitable for a fourth quarter in a row, and Banco Santander had its second-best year ever. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 72.25 | 73.69 | 71.61 | 73.57 | 1.17B |
| General Electric | GE | 16.04 | 16.19 | 15.25 | 15.79 | 144M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.30 | 23.88 | 23.16 | 23.70 | 99.1M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 17.91 | 18.19 | 17.60 | 17.96 | 90.4M |
| Intel | INTC | 19.10 | 19.58 | 19.00 | 19.47 | 88.7M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 28.00 | 28.28 | 27.57 | 28.02 | 81M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 38.64 | 38.88 | 37.03 | 38.30 | 75.2M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.30 | 27.71 | 26.62 | 27.42 | 68.5M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25.12 | 25.31 | 24.96 | 25.24 | 50.9M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 23.35 | 23.67 | 23.07 | 23.55 | 45.9M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 64.70 | 64.90 | 63.56 | 64.38 | 42.3M |
| Apple | AAPL | 192.63 | 196.00 | 190.85 | 195.46 | 30.4M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 15.51 | 15.73 | 15.15 | 15.42 | 26.7M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 28.63 | 28.76 | 28.31 | 28.74 | 25.1M |
| Merck | MRK | 37.05 | 37.08 | 35.82 | 36.73 | 23M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.63 | 54.13 | 53.30 | 53.97 | 22.5M |
| Home Depot | HD | 27.85 | 28.07 | 27.53 | 27.98 | 20.2M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 47.89 | 48.10 | 46.63 | 47.98 | 20.1M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 46.91 | 47.49 | 46.46 | 47.32 | 19.7M |
| Chevron | CVX | 71.00 | 71.24 | 69.55 | 71.18 | 17.3M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62.69 | 63.60 | 61.89 | 62.64 | 16.8M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 52.77 | 53.53 | 52.76 | 53.45 | 15.5M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 23.94 | 24.08 | 23.49 | 23.97 | 15.2M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.09 | 61.44 | 60.43 | 61.30 | 14.8M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 53.24 | 53.43 | 52.53 | 53.09 | 14.6M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.39 | 46.86 | 45.45 | 46.38 | 14.5M |
| Altria | MO | 19.38 | 19.41 | 19.14 | 19.38 | 14.3M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 64.07 | 64.34 | 62.63 | 63.37 | 14M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 32.42 | 32.63 | 31.84 | 32.54 | 12.7M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.63 | 29.84 | 28.99 | 29.54 | 12M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 62.61 | 63.17 | 60.26 | 62.06 | 11.5M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 115.88 | 117.65 | 114.10 | 117.39 | 11M |
| Boeing | BA | 59.21 | 59.74 | 57.14 | 58.40 | 9.68M |
| Visa | V | 83.32 | 83.86 | 80.54 | 82.56 | 9.67M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 123.04 | 123.72 | 121.83 | 122.97 | 8.62M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 57.54 | 58.03 | 56.64 | 57.68 | 8.41M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 66.38 | 67.00 | 65.05 | 66.50 | 7.83M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 59.51 | 59.79 | 58.95 | 59.51 | 7.35M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 528.40 | 533.50 | 522.46 | 531.29 | 6.31M |
| 3M | MMM | 79.16 | 79.50 | 77.26 | 78.54 | 5.41M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 61.13 | 62.15 | 60.75 | 62.10 | 4.83M |
Exchange Rates of February 5th, 2010
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 89.130 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.071 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.934 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.072 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.933 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.829 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 121.990 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.874 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.144 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.575 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.635 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.465 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.683 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.467 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.682 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.337 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.107 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.716 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.396 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.291 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.775 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.200 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.833 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.202 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.832 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.801 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.555 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.675 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.597 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.677 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.596 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.672 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.094 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.929 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.076 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.931 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.074 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.928 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.169 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.001 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.999 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.380 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.362 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 CHF |
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