Financial news on July 05, 2006
Business and Financial news
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After years of investment with little payoff, caviar businesses in California are booming thanks to a temporary trade ban on wild sturgeon. Read more..
Trading volume was lower than usual in Europe, with the United States markets closed for the Independence Day holiday. Read more..
Hong Kong's shipping and logistics industries, long the territory's very reason for being, face a serious challenge from southern China. Read more..
Illinois alone has more energy than Saudi Arabia, but turning coal into fuel for consumers has a big catch. Read more..
A familiar character, Maxell's "blow-away guy," is migrating online in another example of sponsored entertainment for computer gamers. Read more..
South Korean authorities are continuing a high-profile investigation into Lone Star, the Dallas-based private-equity fund. Read more..
A crowd of Western news organizations is preparing to deliver headlines — and geopolitical views — in the language of the Koran. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 23.48 | 23.52 | 23.30 | 23.35 | 53.1M |
Intel | INTC | 19.20 | 19.26 | 18.74 | 18.75 | 51.6M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19.82 | 19.97 | 19.47 | 19.60 | 30.7M |
Pfizer | PFE | 23.64 | 23.69 | 23.43 | 23.68 | 30M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 14.63 | 14.77 | 14.55 | 14.57 | 29.5M |
General Electric | GE | 33.23 | 33.43 | 33.15 | 33.31 | 25.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 61.90 | 62.92 | 61.63 | 62.55 | 19.7M |
Apple | AAPL | 57.15 | 57.60 | 56.56 | 57.00 | 18.5M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 28.00 | 28.15 | 27.87 | 27.90 | 18M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 32.70 | 33.24 | 32.68 | 32.77 | 16.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 66.41 | 67.92 | 65.92 | 67.57 | 15.7M |
Home Depot | HD | 35.62 | 35.78 | 35.39 | 35.53 | 14M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47.21 | 47.34 | 46.76 | 47.02 | 11.5M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.82 | 30.45 | 29.70 | 30.07 | 11.3M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 33.35 | 33.50 | 33.22 | 33.29 | 10.7M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42.87 | 42.87 | 42.04 | 42.41 | 10.5M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 421.52 | 422.80 | 415.64 | 421.46 | 9.96M |
Chevron | CVX | 62.76 | 64.03 | 62.55 | 63.88 | 9.9M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 55.70 | 56.14 | 55.65 | 55.93 | 9.15M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 43.40 | 44.00 | 43.25 | 43.61 | 9.01M |
Merck | MRK | 36.64 | 36.91 | 36.51 | 36.69 | 8.61M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 32.47 | 32.57 | 32.05 | 32.32 | 7.64M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 65.30 | 65.30 | 63.27 | 64.87 | 7.48M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.28 | 25.59 | 25.15 | 25.22 | 6.7M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 59.80 | 60.42 | 59.80 | 60.04 | 6.56M |
Amgen | AMGN | 65.13 | 65.94 | 65.08 | 65.49 | 6.24M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 43.20 | 43.37 | 42.84 | 43.02 | 5.92M |
Amazon | AMZN | 38.28 | 38.43 | 36.78 | 37.11 | 5.73M |
Boeing | BA | 81.28 | 81.29 | 77.54 | 80.17 | 5.66M |
Altria | MO | 73.75 | 73.95 | 73.06 | 73.33 | 5.57M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 45.00 | 45.24 | 44.29 | 45.11 | 5.04M |
McDonald's | MCD | 33.45 | 33.88 | 33.30 | 33.76 | 4.38M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 78.00 | 78.39 | 77.52 | 77.77 | 4.05M |
Pepsico | PEP | 60.27 | 60.72 | 60.10 | 60.27 | 3.8M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 67.30 | 67.31 | 66.71 | 66.88 | 3.49M |
United Technologies | UTX | 63.99 | 64.08 | 63.36 | 63.85 | 3.39M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 58.64 | 59.21 | 58.10 | 58.99 | 3.27M |
3M | MMM | 80.90 | 80.92 | 80.12 | 80.55 | 2.16M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 92.23 | 92.29 | 90.39 | 92.12 | 1.34M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3035.00 | 3035.00 | 2990.00 | 2990.00 | 28.1K |
Exchange Rates of July 05, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 115.690 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.113 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.898 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.232 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.812 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.996 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 147.130 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.693 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.442 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.714 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.583 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.415 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.707 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.567 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.638 EUR |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.472 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.405 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.041 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.490 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.260 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.442 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.825 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.212 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.914 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.095 AUD |
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