Financial news on June 07, 2012
Business and Financial news
India holds the second-largest stockpile of surplus grain in the world, after China. Yet advocates say that more than 252 million poor Indian residents reap few benefits and often go hungry. Read more..
Nasdaq tries to quell anger over bungled Facebook I.P.O. | I.B.M. makes deal with New York City to increase solar energy usage. | Cutting pensions in California. Read more..
June 7, 2012 — Nasdaq tries to quell anger over bungled Facebook I.P.O. Read more..
The central bank’s action is the strongest measure taken by Chinese officials this year to counteract the economic malaise that has already infected Europe and the United States. Read more..
The business strategist Carol Roth evaluates an illustrative pitch for a technology start-up. Read more..
Researchers put together most of a fetus’s genome using a mother’s blood and father’s saliva, heralding an era when parents might know much more about a child long before its birth. Read more..
Survey of regional economic conditions in Federal Reserve's 12 districts finds the economy grew moderately in most regions of the country from April 3 through May 25. Read more..
The oilfield services company attributed the decline to a shortage of guar beans from India, which are used in hydraulic fracturing fluids by drillers. Read more..
Bob Tedeschi App Smart column offers suggestions on how to improve the chaotic app-buying process. Read more..
Sam Grobart Tool Kit column contends that although technology is supposed to make life easier, it often comes with layers of jargon, settings and hardware adjustments; presents answers to some tech questions. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 19.09 | 19.20 | 18.90 | 19.00 | 139M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 33.77 | 33.83 | 32.80 | 32.81 | 53.9M |
Merck | MRK | 38.07 | 38.47 | 38.01 | 38.33 | 53.4M |
Altria | MO | 32.80 | 32.90 | 32.54 | 32.75 | 45.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 34.72 | 34.74 | 34.16 | 34.16 | 42.4M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.64 | 29.70 | 29.17 | 29.23 | 37.8M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 16.88 | 16.92 | 16.53 | 16.58 | 34.3M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 27.75 | 27.76 | 27.18 | 27.18 | 32.9M |
Intel | INTC | 26.37 | 26.43 | 25.89 | 25.94 | 29.5M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 31.45 | 31.58 | 31.14 | 31.18 | 28.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 21.96 | 22.15 | 21.90 | 21.94 | 27.8M |
FB | 27.00 | 27.35 | 26.15 | 26.31 | 26.2M | |
Home Depot | HD | 51.12 | 51.62 | 50.91 | 51.24 | 20.7M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 80.98 | 81.23 | 80.35 | 80.69 | 18.4M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 41.80 | 41.88 | 41.30 | 41.64 | 17.1M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 30.10 | 30.29 | 29.91 | 30.01 | 16.9M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 61.36 | 61.58 | 61.03 | 61.20 | 16.4M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 34.17 | 34.31 | 34.10 | 34.25 | 15.4M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 22.50 | 22.75 | 22.01 | 22.06 | 14.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 54.24 | 54.59 | 53.75 | 53.81 | 14.2M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62.08 | 62.84 | 61.72 | 62.76 | 13.9M |
Apple | AAPL | 577.29 | 577.32 | 570.50 | 571.72 | 13.6M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63.18 | 63.20 | 62.51 | 62.80 | 13M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 66.08 | 66.08 | 65.78 | 65.87 | 12.5M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 45.84 | 46.23 | 45.53 | 45.63 | 10.2M |
McDonald's | MCD | 89.60 | 89.78 | 88.01 | 88.38 | 8.32M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 65.77 | 66.50 | 64.10 | 64.43 | 8.17M |
Chevron | CVX | 100.98 | 102.00 | 100.18 | 100.39 | 7.97M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 57.80 | 58.39 | 57.40 | 57.45 | 7.25M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 74.99 | 75.06 | 74.20 | 74.28 | 7.17M |
Pepsico | PEP | 67.80 | 67.98 | 67.19 | 67.68 | 6.39M |
General Motors | GM | 22.11 | 22.38 | 21.76 | 21.85 | 5.95M |
United Technologies | UTX | 74.93 | 76.09 | 74.69 | 75.40 | 5.74M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 80.89 | 81.25 | 80.38 | 80.66 | 4.6M |
Amgen | AMGN | 70.48 | 70.87 | 69.10 | 69.10 | 4.46M |
Boeing | BA | 69.57 | 70.33 | 69.43 | 69.95 | 4M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 195.28 | 195.83 | 193.94 | 194.44 | 3.7M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 49.75 | 49.89 | 49.00 | 49.00 | 3.55M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 587.60 | 587.89 | 577.25 | 578.23 | 3.51M |
Amazon | AMZN | 219.65 | 221.49 | 218.11 | 218.80 | 3.5M |
3M | MMM | 85.59 | 86.19 | 85.33 | 85.50 | 3.03M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 112.18 | 113.00 | 110.04 | 110.28 | 2.47M |
Visa | V | 117.83 | 118.00 | 116.55 | 116.81 | 2.29M |
Exchange Rates of June 07, 2012
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 79.640 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.013 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.028 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.973 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.956 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.046 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.364 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 100.070 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.809 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.237 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.270 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.788 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.291 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.775 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.201 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.833 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.000 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.808 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.238 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.268 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.789 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.290 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.775 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.200 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.833 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.570 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.637 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.596 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.626 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.485 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.673 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.889 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.101 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1.017 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.983 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.945 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.058 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.298 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.159 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.930 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.076 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.195 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.161 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.660 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.150 CHF |
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