Financial news on May 07, 2008
Business and Financial news
The battle for the African telecommunications company, the MTN Group, could come down to a clash between the world’s largest, and fastest growing, emerging markets. Read more..
Watched as an indicator of whether weakness is seeping deeper into the economy, Disney said that operating income in its parks and resorts unit rose 33 percent. Read more..
Stock markets had their worst session in nearly a month, as a swirl of unsettling economic news jolted investors. Read more..
The Lightstone Group, which made one of the last big real estate deals before the credit squeeze, has defaulted on loans for two apartment complexes and is trying to renegotiate other loans. Read more..
A top-ranking UBS executive was briefly detained in the United States in connection with an investigation into the bank’s work with questionable tax transactions, the bank said. Read more..
The producer of the television show “Friday Night SmackDown” said first-quarter net income grew to $19.5 million, from $15.1 million a year earlier. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26,21 | 27,00 | 25,65 | 25,78 | 91.4M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29,69 | 30,14 | 29,08 | 29,21 | 88.8M |
Pfizer | PFE | 20,30 | 20,30 | 19,88 | 19,92 | 54.5M |
Intel | INTC | 23,58 | 23,74 | 23,14 | 23,17 | 54.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 186,13 | 188,20 | 180,54 | 182,59 | 41.3M |
General Electric | GE | 33,01 | 33,10 | 32,50 | 32,57 | 38.1M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21,42 | 21,51 | 20,91 | 20,99 | 37.8M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34,30 | 34,95 | 34,05 | 34,70 | 30.9M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 31,22 | 31,26 | 29,78 | 29,90 | 27.7M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 48,22 | 48,43 | 46,39 | 46,57 | 27.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 90,07 | 90,18 | 88,67 | 88,82 | 27.6M |
Visa | V | 88,99 | 89,84 | 87,66 | 88,50 | 25.1M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 56,27 | 56,85 | 56,03 | 56,83 | 25M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 39,22 | 39,47 | 38,72 | 38,82 | 24.7M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 22,25 | 22,28 | 21,55 | 21,57 | 20.4M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 88,77 | 89,37 | 87,60 | 87,91 | 20.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 48,57 | 49,87 | 48,37 | 48,65 | 18.8M |
Altria | MO | 20,86 | 21,07 | 20,79 | 20,83 | 18M |
Merck | MRK | 38,85 | 39,49 | 38,85 | 39,01 | 16.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 38,47 | 38,76 | 38,09 | 38,28 | 16.4M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 58,27 | 58,28 | 56,99 | 57,03 | 14.9M |
Chevron | CVX | 96,76 | 96,80 | 95,14 | 95,28 | 14.9M |
Home Depot | HD | 29,25 | 29,48 | 28,48 | 28,56 | 14.7M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 52,51 | 52,68 | 51,27 | 51,29 | 13.8M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 23,23 | 23,25 | 22,70 | 22,76 | 13.6M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 590,70 | 599,49 | 576,43 | 579,00 | 13.2M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 66,59 | 67,03 | 65,70 | 65,80 | 13M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 67,48 | 67,68 | 66,79 | 66,91 | 12.6M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 122,78 | 124,98 | 122,41 | 124,14 | 11.4M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 32,74 | 33,23 | 32,56 | 32,66 | 8.57M |
Amazon | AMZN | 75,26 | 76,64 | 73,09 | 73,18 | 8.38M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 104,20 | 104,50 | 102,00 | 102,01 | 7.99M |
Amgen | AMGN | 42,86 | 42,97 | 41,90 | 42,20 | 7.59M |
Pepsico | PEP | 68,75 | 69,12 | 67,84 | 68,01 | 6.7M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 54,27 | 54,42 | 53,16 | 53,23 | 6.4M |
McDonald's | MCD | 60,40 | 60,69 | 59,25 | 59,38 | 6.22M |
Boeing | BA | 86,03 | 86,10 | 84,42 | 84,55 | 5.06M |
United Technologies | UTX | 74,86 | 75,00 | 73,03 | 73,03 | 4.35M |
3M | MMM | 77,95 | 78,13 | 76,49 | 76,68 | 4.09M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 149,33 | 149,33 | 144,76 | 145,07 | 2.13M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4362,00 | 4362,00 | 4260,00 | 4262,50 | 31.9K |
Exchange Rates of May 07, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 104,650 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,010 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,990 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,055 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,948 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,989 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,143 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 161,120 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,788 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,270 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,634 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,612 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,554 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,644 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,624 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,616 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,489 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,047 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,013 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,987 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,964 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,037 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,008 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,993 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,074 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,482 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,973 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,507 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,061 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,485 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,951 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,052 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,993 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,007 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,044 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,958 CAD |
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