Financial news on November 8th, 2006
Business and Financial news
Analysts and industry experts said the sudden shakeup bore the fingerprints of Volkswagen’s influential chairman, Ferdinand K. Piëch. Read more..
University Circle, Cleveland’s eds and meds district, is on the verge of a major transformation after $2 billion worth of infrastructure investment. Read more..
Thanks to advances in technology used to drill and search for oil in deep water, oil companies hope to find billions of barrels of oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more..
FedEx became the first customer to abandon the European superjumbo jet in the wake of production delays that have shaken Airbus. Read more..
G.M. says it lost $24 million less in the third quarter than previously reported because of additional loan sales by its financing subsidiary. Read more..
In a sign of a deepening housing slump, Toll Brothers and Beazer Homes reported steep declines in new orders and weaker fourth-quarter results. Read more..
Stocks rose for a second day on anticipation that Democrats would take control of one or both houses of Congress in Tuesday’s election. Read more..
The Russian prosecutor general’s office said two oil fields operated by a joint venture of BP, the British oil company, were in violation of their licensing terms and recommended that the Ministry of Natural Resources revoke the licenses. The move... Read more..
Toyota continues to grab market share from Detroit’s struggling auto companies, and analysts say Toyota may pass G.M. within the next year. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.67 | 25.39 | 24.50 | 25.10 | 124M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.78 | 29.23 | 28.66 | 28.98 | 77.4M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26.72 | 26.73 | 26.43 | 26.62 | 53.1M |
Intel | INTC | 20.72 | 20.90 | 20.50 | 20.71 | 52.9M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 34.27 | 34.56 | 34.03 | 34.37 | 37.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47.35 | 47.51 | 47.03 | 47.03 | 30.1M |
Merck | MRK | 44.75 | 44.76 | 43.65 | 44.34 | 26.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.16 | 18.43 | 18.05 | 18.36 | 24.9M |
Apple | AAPL | 80.02 | 82.69 | 79.89 | 82.45 | 24.7M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 72.53 | 74.20 | 72.23 | 73.81 | 22.4M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 60.90 | 62.72 | 60.76 | 62.37 | 20M |
General Electric | GE | 35.54 | 35.75 | 35.40 | 35.58 | 17.9M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 470.35 | 481.74 | 468.60 | 475.00 | 15.9M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 48.30 | 48.68 | 47.37 | 48.00 | 15.7M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 47.50 | 47.57 | 47.05 | 47.28 | 15.6M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 68.30 | 68.30 | 67.41 | 67.99 | 14.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 37.00 | 37.49 | 37.00 | 37.25 | 13.9M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 40.64 | 41.01 | 40.36 | 40.85 | 13.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 38.70 | 39.00 | 38.51 | 38.88 | 12.5M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64.13 | 64.35 | 63.94 | 64.04 | 9.75M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 63.85 | 65.30 | 63.49 | 65.28 | 9.56M |
Chevron | CVX | 68.91 | 69.78 | 68.60 | 69.51 | 9.31M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.62 | 36.89 | 36.35 | 36.86 | 8.94M |
Altria | MO | 81.00 | 81.93 | 80.68 | 81.45 | 8.74M |
Boeing | BA | 84.25 | 85.87 | 83.53 | 85.45 | 8.5M |
Amazon | AMZN | 38.58 | 39.48 | 38.46 | 39.47 | 8.16M |
McDonald's | MCD | 41.62 | 42.25 | 41.35 | 42.03 | 7.65M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47.50 | 47.90 | 47.20 | 47.64 | 7.51M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 46.66 | 47.00 | 46.53 | 46.88 | 7.38M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32.71 | 33.24 | 32.47 | 33.10 | 7.12M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36.44 | 36.92 | 36.35 | 36.80 | 6.84M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.00 | 25.00 | 24.64 | 24.81 | 6.71M |
Amgen | AMGN | 74.68 | 75.18 | 73.72 | 74.76 | 6.63M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 92.25 | 92.92 | 92.01 | 92.59 | 6.02M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63.31 | 63.75 | 63.25 | 63.53 | 3.46M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 69.29 | 69.50 | 68.13 | 68.98 | 2.86M |
United Technologies | UTX | 65.51 | 65.76 | 65.00 | 65.56 | 2.74M |
3M | MMM | 79.44 | 79.75 | 79.00 | 79.42 | 1.73M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 91.07 | 92.20 | 90.55 | 91.70 | 1.48M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3587.00 | 3598.00 | 3568.00 | 3593.00 | 17.1K |
Exchange Rates of November 8th, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117.850 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.129 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.886 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.251 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.799 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.868 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.127 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 150.340 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.669 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.494 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.655 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.604 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.440 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.694 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.596 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.627 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.445 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.247 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.100 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.909 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.958 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.044 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.061 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.942 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.472 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.404 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.152 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.465 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.383 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.420 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.870 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.150 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.964 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.038 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.108 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.903 CAD |
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