Financial news on December 6th, 2013
Business and Financial news
Britain’s central bank held its benchmark rate at 0.5 percent and voted to maintain its program of economic stimulus at 375 billion pounds. Read more..
China moved on Thursday to restrict its banks from using the virtual currency, citing concerns about money laundering and a threat to financial stability. Read more..
Commerce Department revises nation's estimated third-quarter gross domestic product to 3.6 percent from 2.8 percent; economists respond to better-than-expected data by cutting their estimates for fourth-quarter growth. Read more..
Ford unveiled its new Mustang on Thursday morning, but unlike the pony car released in 1964, this one will be sold globally. Read more..
Google’s own Nexus line is the least customized; many other phones vary widely. Plus, how to change default programs in Windows 8. Read more..
As it works to gain F.D.A. approval for its product, the genetic testing service 23andMe said it would release only ancestry information and raw data. Read more..
Advertising column notes that CBS will broadcast live show that will announce the nominees for the 56th annual Grammy Awards, while introducing ad campaign meant to attract more viewers to the award show. Read more..
House overwhelmingly passes bill protecting technology companies and their customers from nuisance patent-infringement lawsuits by shell companies that exist merely to gather dormant patents and threaten lawsuits against suspected violators. Read more..
Resurgence of American auto industry, fueled primarily by pent-up domestic demand, has also been spurred on by rising exports of vehicles to international markets; annual exports of American-made vehicles increased by nearly 80 percent from 2009 through 2012. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 24.97 | 25.25 | 24.75 | 24.82 | 53.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21.12 | 21.32 | 21.07 | 21.28 | 51.3M |
FB | 48.98 | 49.39 | 47.71 | 47.94 | 42.9M | |
General Motors | GM | 39.99 | 40.38 | 39.60 | 40.17 | 37.9M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 38.42 | 38.55 | 37.99 | 38.36 | 36.5M |
General Electric | GE | 26.77 | 26.98 | 26.68 | 26.94 | 25.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 34.53 | 34.58 | 34.30 | 34.53 | 19.5M |
Pfizer | PFE | 31.55 | 31.61 | 31.33 | 31.54 | 18.9M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 56.57 | 56.76 | 55.62 | 56.06 | 18.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 27.61 | 28.11 | 27.59 | 27.70 | 17.2M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 43.67 | 44.19 | 43.43 | 44.11 | 16.9M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 35.15 | 35.51 | 35.10 | 35.48 | 16M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 40.05 | 40.50 | 40.05 | 40.46 | 12.6M |
Apple | AAPL | 565.79 | 566.75 | 559.57 | 560.02 | 12.3M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 94.97 | 95.71 | 94.59 | 95.65 | 12.1M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 74.06 | 74.13 | 73.08 | 73.99 | 11.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 49.25 | 49.60 | 48.95 | 49.48 | 11.2M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 49.49 | 49.61 | 48.89 | 49.27 | 10.9M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 51.20 | 51.31 | 50.22 | 50.68 | 8.42M |
Merck | MRK | 49.13 | 49.57 | 48.96 | 49.39 | 7.4M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 93.60 | 94.48 | 93.42 | 94.44 | 7.28M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 83.23 | 84.53 | 83.17 | 84.52 | 7.19M |
Altria | MO | 37.22 | 37.46 | 37.18 | 37.46 | 6.72M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 88.10 | 88.53 | 87.77 | 88.15 | 6.1M |
McDonald's | MCD | 95.94 | 96.95 | 95.90 | 96.80 | 5.81M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 71.18 | 71.48 | 70.20 | 70.77 | 5.56M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 70.97 | 71.49 | 70.77 | 71.46 | 5.54M |
Boeing | BA | 134.58 | 135.75 | 134.00 | 135.18 | 5.34M |
Home Depot | HD | 79.08 | 80.05 | 78.81 | 79.84 | 5.09M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 79.71 | 80.23 | 79.64 | 79.94 | 5.09M |
Pepsico | PEP | 82.52 | 83.25 | 82.24 | 83.15 | 4.84M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 176.70 | 178.00 | 176.01 | 177.67 | 4.74M |
Chevron | CVX | 122.05 | 122.36 | 121.65 | 122.29 | 4.18M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 37.27 | 37.54 | 37.17 | 37.53 | 4.06M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 73.23 | 73.72 | 72.84 | 73.50 | 3.89M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 115.97 | 116.70 | 115.76 | 116.66 | 3.26M |
Amgen | AMGN | 115.07 | 115.07 | 113.19 | 114.12 | 3.24M |
3M | MMM | 128.19 | 128.80 | 127.85 | 128.61 | 2.89M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 1069.79 | 1070.00 | 1060.08 | 1069.87 | 2.85M |
United Technologies | UTX | 110.24 | 111.20 | 110.07 | 111.12 | 2.46M |
Visa | V | 203.70 | 203.84 | 201.00 | 201.87 | 2.28M |
Amazon | AMZN | 388.35 | 388.35 | 383.83 | 386.95 | 1.98M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 163.90 | 165.14 | 163.08 | 164.34 | 1.73M |
Exchange Rates of December 6th, 2013
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 102.900 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.063 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.940 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.892 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.121 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.082 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.164 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 140.980 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.838 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.193 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.506 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.664 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.457 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.686 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.222 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.818 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.334 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.120 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.594 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.683 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.067 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.937 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.033 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.968 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0.867 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.154 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.795 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.557 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.739 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.575 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.458 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.686 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.942 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.101 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.968 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.033 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.812 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.232 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.537 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.181 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.838 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.193 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.719 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.175 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.817 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.147 CHF |
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