Financial news on May 5th, 2008
Business and Financial news
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Upswing in Economic Index for Services
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 29,95 | 30,23 | 28,99 | 29,08 | 120M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26,37 | 26,71 | 26,15 | 26,28 | 62.4M |
| Intel | INTC | 23,38 | 23,89 | 23,18 | 23,25 | 38.6M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 20,60 | 20,60 | 20,45 | 20,52 | 34.8M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21,44 | 21,68 | 21,34 | 21,55 | 30.5M |
| Apple | AAPL | 181,81 | 185,31 | 181,05 | 184,73 | 30.5M |
| General Electric | GE | 33,36 | 33,36 | 32,96 | 33,18 | 27.5M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 89,65 | 90,55 | 89,26 | 89,51 | 21.3M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 48,20 | 48,64 | 47,85 | 48,00 | 19.3M |
| Altria | MO | 20,59 | 20,86 | 20,50 | 20,71 | 18.8M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 31,12 | 31,39 | 30,66 | 31,15 | 18.6M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 57,16 | 57,34 | 56,81 | 56,97 | 18.5M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 40,06 | 40,10 | 39,40 | 39,85 | 18.1M |
| Visa | V | 82,85 | 85,50 | 80,82 | 85,06 | 17.6M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 21,80 | 22,00 | 21,52 | 21,63 | 16.5M |
| Home Depot | HD | 29,89 | 30,04 | 29,23 | 29,37 | 15.9M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 39,49 | 39,49 | 38,76 | 38,90 | 13.5M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 599,00 | 599,00 | 587,13 | 594,90 | 12.5M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 33,56 | 34,03 | 33,06 | 33,07 | 11.3M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 87,00 | 88,00 | 86,96 | 87,18 | 10.9M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 68,04 | 68,32 | 67,71 | 67,90 | 10.6M |
| Merck | MRK | 39,37 | 39,40 | 38,90 | 38,98 | 10.4M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33,72 | 33,72 | 33,12 | 33,29 | 10.2M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 66,70 | 66,90 | 66,22 | 66,65 | 10.2M |
| Chevron | CVX | 95,33 | 96,87 | 95,23 | 95,62 | 9.06M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 23,48 | 23,48 | 23,05 | 23,25 | 8.69M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 48,08 | 48,59 | 47,80 | 48,28 | 8.67M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53,09 | 53,36 | 52,71 | 53,00 | 7.88M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 58,77 | 58,98 | 58,14 | 58,38 | 7.06M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 122,76 | 123,25 | 121,74 | 122,03 | 6.36M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 53,59 | 54,13 | 53,21 | 53,67 | 6.31M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 77,27 | 77,77 | 75,87 | 75,92 | 5.65M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 100,25 | 102,66 | 100,14 | 101,56 | 5.57M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 60,96 | 60,99 | 60,30 | 60,87 | 5.31M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 69,29 | 69,72 | 68,32 | 68,57 | 5.01M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 42,77 | 43,10 | 42,27 | 42,79 | 4.44M |
| Boeing | BA | 85,32 | 86,07 | 85,00 | 85,92 | 3.89M |
| 3M | MMM | 78,62 | 78,78 | 77,35 | 77,55 | 3.85M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 74,69 | 75,00 | 74,42 | 74,62 | 3.39M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 148,58 | 148,58 | 145,03 | 146,83 | 1.75M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4448,00 | 4448,00 | 4317,00 | 4333,50 | 28.5K |
Exchange Rates of May 5th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 104,930 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,012 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,988 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,053 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,950 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,988 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,143 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 162,610 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,786 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,273 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,637 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,611 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,569 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,638 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,632 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,613 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,483 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,071 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,006 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,994 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,964 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,037 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,003 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,997 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,084 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,480 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,997 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,501 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,077 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,481 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,958 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,044 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,996 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,004 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,040 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,962 CAD |
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