Financial news on May 6th, 2009
Business and Financial news
An enlarged and independent Fiat Auto would be in the pole position to lead the car industry’s global consolidation but the road to success is littered with obstacles. Read more..
The paper and its largest union are scheduled to resume talks, with lifetime job guarantees for some workers being the only major sticking point remaining. Read more..
In spite of the recession, the U.S. economy is actually generating jobs at a healthy clip, with many major employers hiring. Read more..
A pulmonologist is not waiting for peer review to publish his research contending that cigarettes pose a higher risk of lung cancer than they did before the surgeon general declared them a health hazard in 1964. Read more..
Canada threatened to take a proposed ban on seal products to the World Trade Organization, casting a pall over an E.U.-Canada trade summit. Read more..
A shift has emerged in an area tied to the same crop for generations as United States farmers plant the least cotton acreage since 1983, which in itself was an anomaly. Read more..
The judge overseeing the bankruptcy of Chrysler approved the bidding procedures advocated by the company and backed by the White House. Read more..
Disney’s films have underperformed at the box office, even as the rest of Hollywood is enjoying a boom in ticket sales. Read more..
Louise Story and Eric Dash discuss what the results of the banking industry's stress test could mean for both the taxpayer and the investor. Read more..
Some skeptical analysts said the stock market may have raced too far ahead of the weakening economy. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 24,51 | 26,84 | 24,40 | 26,84 | 256M |
General Electric | GE | 13,47 | 13,80 | 13,31 | 13,67 | 129M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 35,82 | 37,35 | 35,56 | 37,22 | 103M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19,76 | 19,85 | 19,03 | 19,61 | 93.2M |
Intel | INTC | 16,43 | 16,44 | 15,97 | 16,12 | 66.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 14,17 | 14,25 | 13,76 | 13,91 | 60.7M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 20,06 | 20,07 | 19,61 | 19,79 | 59.6M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 24,95 | 26,29 | 24,66 | 25,87 | 49.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 68,04 | 68,60 | 67,44 | 68,58 | 30.8M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19,15 | 19,19 | 18,69 | 19,06 | 27.1M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 50,67 | 51,09 | 49,07 | 49,51 | 26.1M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26,64 | 26,78 | 26,27 | 26,69 | 24.7M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 16,28 | 16,40 | 15,63 | 16,00 | 23M |
Merck | MRK | 24,68 | 24,93 | 24,24 | 24,61 | 22.6M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 43,63 | 44,00 | 42,38 | 42,93 | 20.8M |
Altria | MO | 16,71 | 17,07 | 16,63 | 17,06 | 19.2M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 43,60 | 44,67 | 43,30 | 44,22 | 18.4M |
Apple | AAPL | 133,33 | 133,50 | 130,22 | 132,50 | 16.9M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 54,75 | 54,75 | 53,58 | 54,21 | 16.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 36,67 | 36,80 | 35,89 | 36,33 | 15.4M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 50,00 | 50,86 | 49,90 | 50,84 | 14.9M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 30,61 | 30,80 | 30,30 | 30,76 | 14.6M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 19,75 | 19,87 | 19,33 | 19,81 | 14.4M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 55,03 | 56,40 | 54,35 | 56,05 | 14.2M |
Chevron | CVX | 66,49 | 68,35 | 66,40 | 68,11 | 14.1M |
Home Depot | HD | 26,31 | 26,51 | 25,56 | 26,04 | 13.9M |
McDonald's | MCD | 53,55 | 54,60 | 53,39 | 53,69 | 12.3M |
Visa | V | 68,07 | 68,22 | 65,75 | 66,19 | 10.5M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 43,50 | 43,59 | 42,75 | 42,94 | 9.74M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 25,74 | 26,00 | 25,25 | 25,93 | 9.68M |
Amazon | AMZN | 82,88 | 83,60 | 79,66 | 81,99 | 8.6M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 44,58 | 44,63 | 43,43 | 44,03 | 8.44M |
Amgen | AMGN | 48,42 | 48,49 | 46,95 | 47,63 | 8.12M |
Boeing | BA | 43,30 | 44,21 | 43,08 | 44,20 | 7.93M |
Pepsico | PEP | 50,30 | 50,30 | 49,19 | 49,72 | 7.56M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 105,23 | 105,50 | 103,71 | 104,62 | 7.53M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 406,79 | 408,28 | 401,00 | 403,47 | 5.26M |
3M | MMM | 58,74 | 59,36 | 57,83 | 59,14 | 5.07M |
United Technologies | UTX | 52,34 | 52,85 | 51,51 | 52,29 | 4.99M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 53,08 | 53,97 | 51,58 | 53,00 | 4.16M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3110,00 | 3110,00 | 3043,00 | 3090,00 | 37.4K |
Exchange Rates of May 6th, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 98,450 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,167 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,857 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,133 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,883 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,818 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,147 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 131,050 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,881 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,136 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,782 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,561 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,553 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,644 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,508 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,663 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,095 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,110 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,672 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,489 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,360 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,736 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,185 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,844 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,151 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,869 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,024 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,494 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,765 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,567 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,713 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,584 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,871 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,148 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,846 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,182 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5,091 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,196 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,971 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,030 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5,812 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,172 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,035 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,166 CHF |
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