Financial news on May 07, 2009
Business and Financial news
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27,95 | 28,34 | 24,23 | 24,76 | 237M |
| General Electric | GE | 14,30 | 14,39 | 13,77 | 13,96 | 142M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 38,50 | 38,72 | 34,73 | 35,24 | 113M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 20,00 | 20,00 | 18,60 | 18,95 | 92.4M |
| Intel | INTC | 16,31 | 16,37 | 15,48 | 15,77 | 90.3M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 14,02 | 14,43 | 13,85 | 14,16 | 74.9M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 19,96 | 19,99 | 19,14 | 19,32 | 68.7M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18,99 | 19,15 | 18,19 | 18,42 | 54.2M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 26,20 | 26,42 | 25,33 | 25,45 | 53.2M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 15,92 | 16,28 | 15,52 | 15,69 | 37.5M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 69,00 | 69,04 | 67,62 | 68,93 | 32.5M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 50,86 | 51,15 | 49,54 | 49,89 | 31.3M |
| Merck | MRK | 24,70 | 25,57 | 24,45 | 25,21 | 27.7M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 36,46 | 36,46 | 34,26 | 34,53 | 27.4M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 43,24 | 44,76 | 43,00 | 44,62 | 26.7M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 30,61 | 30,70 | 29,36 | 29,86 | 26.5M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 25,80 | 26,17 | 24,98 | 25,33 | 24M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 45,24 | 45,50 | 43,45 | 43,74 | 22.8M |
| Home Depot | HD | 26,19 | 26,34 | 25,31 | 25,61 | 20.6M |
| Apple | AAPL | 132,33 | 132,39 | 127,90 | 129,06 | 19M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 25,80 | 28,52 | 25,80 | 28,39 | 17.5M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 58,64 | 58,64 | 52,97 | 54,10 | 16M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 53,88 | 55,00 | 53,54 | 54,89 | 15.2M |
| Altria | MO | 17,14 | 17,15 | 16,79 | 17,03 | 14.1M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 19,91 | 20,02 | 19,74 | 19,92 | 13.9M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 51,00 | 52,19 | 50,62 | 51,34 | 13.7M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 43,32 | 43,32 | 42,57 | 42,80 | 13.5M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 49,86 | 50,06 | 49,24 | 49,49 | 13.3M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 44,21 | 45,63 | 43,93 | 45,43 | 12.4M |
| Chevron | CVX | 68,62 | 69,00 | 67,48 | 67,98 | 12.3M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 47,84 | 48,40 | 46,55 | 47,08 | 11.7M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 54,02 | 54,37 | 52,94 | 53,39 | 11.2M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 82,73 | 82,75 | 77,88 | 79,28 | 9.63M |
| Visa | V | 66,63 | 67,00 | 65,35 | 65,53 | 8.68M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 104,65 | 104,80 | 101,83 | 102,59 | 8.52M |
| Boeing | BA | 44,47 | 44,62 | 42,75 | 43,53 | 7.11M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 52,28 | 52,76 | 51,20 | 51,72 | 6.31M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 404,10 | 404,99 | 392,50 | 396,61 | 5.99M |
| 3M | MMM | 59,01 | 59,56 | 57,97 | 58,77 | 5.63M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 53,51 | 53,51 | 50,57 | 51,26 | 5.47M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3132,00 | 3141,00 | 3043,00 | 3052,00 | 47.8K |
Exchange Rates of May 07, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 99,270 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,169 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,855 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,130 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,885 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,820 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,147 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 132,950 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,891 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,123 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,770 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,565 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,566 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,639 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,513 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,661 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,131 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,110 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,670 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,493 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,331 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,751 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,177 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,849 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,138 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,879 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,986 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,503 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,757 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,569 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,698 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,589 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,229 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,098 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,884 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,131 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,855 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,170 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5,141 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,195 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,966 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,035 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5,816 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,172 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,035 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,166 CHF |
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