Financial news on March 05, 2013
Business and Financial news
There are concerns about whether the forces that have driven the market rally — government spending and banner corporate profits — will be sufficient to push it higher. Read more..
British finance minister George Osborne is expected to urge his European Union counterparts to water down proposed rules restricting size of bankers' bonuses. Read more..
More television shows are being produced only for the Internet, circumventing existing distribution channels. Read more..
Airlines have begun selling services once reserved elite status customers to anyone willing to pay a fee; as result, frequent-flier status is losing some of its appeal, at least for those on lower end of elite spectrum. Read more..
Outside advisers to Food and Drug Administration soundly reject two drugs vying to become first nonhormonal hot-flash treatments to win agency's approval; say both gabapentin and paroxetine offered only marginal benefit, reducing number of hot flashes by only about one a day compared to placebo. Read more..
Deputy governors will no longer be permitted to represent the bank unless they are a joined by a new chief director. Read more..
The results of the Italian election have not shaken the faith of Europe's pro-austerity forces, including Germany. Read more..
The Times's Brian Stelter discusses the new, high-quality programming that shuns traditional broadcast TV for the Web. Read more..
Stuart Elliott Advertising column observes that San Francisco ad market, well-known for its continual ups and downs, is being influenced by entrepreneurial spirit of nearby Silicon Valley, with agency employees going into business for themselves. Read more..
The Times's Peter Lattman on what's behind a record moment for the Dow Jones industrial average. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28,29 | 28,54 | 28,16 | 28,35 | 41.4M |
FB | 27,88 | 28,18 | 27,21 | 27,52 | 40.6M | |
Intel | INTC | 21,34 | 21,59 | 21,30 | 21,51 | 38.8M |
General Electric | GE | 23,46 | 23,71 | 23,44 | 23,59 | 35.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 20,83 | 21,25 | 20,83 | 21,22 | 32.8M |
Pfizer | PFE | 27,77 | 28,20 | 27,77 | 28,07 | 31.1M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 49,49 | 50,11 | 49,31 | 49,49 | 25.6M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35,99 | 36,29 | 35,81 | 35,88 | 23.3M |
Apple | AAPL | 421,48 | 435,19 | 420,75 | 431,14 | 22.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 36,53 | 36,70 | 36,50 | 36,60 | 22.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 20,08 | 20,59 | 20,06 | 20,37 | 18.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 47,40 | 47,88 | 47,14 | 47,69 | 16.4M |
Altria | MO | 34,10 | 34,30 | 34,02 | 34,24 | 16.3M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 35,22 | 35,68 | 35,21 | 35,46 | 15.4M |
Merck | MRK | 43,60 | 43,65 | 43,10 | 43,25 | 15.1M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 44,35 | 45,58 | 44,35 | 45,02 | 15.1M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 38,98 | 39,00 | 38,56 | 38,68 | 13.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 89,48 | 90,15 | 89,29 | 89,61 | 13.1M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 40,70 | 41,04 | 40,63 | 40,95 | 12.4M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 76,78 | 77,40 | 76,72 | 77,05 | 9.72M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 77,56 | 77,71 | 77,44 | 77,66 | 9.4M |
General Motors | GM | 27,22 | 27,79 | 27,19 | 27,58 | 9.2M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 73,47 | 74,04 | 72,99 | 73,72 | 9.14M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 77,24 | 77,60 | 76,28 | 76,95 | 8.96M |
Home Depot | HD | 70,58 | 70,97 | 70,12 | 70,47 | 8.32M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 828,93 | 840,15 | 828,90 | 838,60 | 8.08M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 37,00 | 37,60 | 37,00 | 37,57 | 7.66M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 34,38 | 34,70 | 34,37 | 34,67 | 7.65M |
Pepsico | PEP | 76,84 | 77,07 | 76,49 | 76,90 | 7.42M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 57,94 | 58,01 | 57,36 | 57,66 | 7.15M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 55,95 | 56,58 | 55,90 | 56,48 | 7.07M |
Chevron | CVX | 117,97 | 118,25 | 117,67 | 117,93 | 6.36M |
Boeing | BA | 77,45 | 78,85 | 77,11 | 78,66 | 5.69M |
McDonald's | MCD | 95,54 | 96,10 | 95,33 | 95,81 | 5.64M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 53,43 | 53,84 | 53,18 | 53,50 | 4.91M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 102,48 | 103,48 | 102,33 | 102,66 | 4.45M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 205,86 | 207,70 | 205,69 | 206,53 | 3.81M |
Amazon | AMZN | 274,00 | 276,68 | 269,99 | 275,59 | 3.69M |
Amgen | AMGN | 93,11 | 93,76 | 92,56 | 93,44 | 3.57M |
United Technologies | UTX | 89,69 | 91,29 | 89,51 | 91,02 | 3.36M |
3M | MMM | 103,76 | 104,81 | 103,65 | 104,45 | 2.63M |
Visa | V | 160,09 | 161,78 | 159,86 | 160,29 | 2.57M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 139,11 | 139,76 | 138,22 | 139,08 | 1.67M |
Exchange Rates of March 05, 2013
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 93,280 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,027 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,974 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0,941 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,063 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,221 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,161 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 121,710 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,863 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,159 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,272 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,786 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,340 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,746 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,228 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,815 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8,111 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,123 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,708 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,412 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,044 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,957 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,100 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,909 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,008 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,992 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,475 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,678 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,553 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,644 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,423 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,703 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9,403 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,106 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1,053 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,949 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,965 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,036 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6,374 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,157 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,915 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,092 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,054 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,165 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,605 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,151 CHF |
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