Financial news on October 8th, 2008
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 22.90 | 24.30 | 22.50 | 23.01 | 172M |
| General Electric | GE | 20.02 | 21.99 | 19.90 | 20.65 | 139M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18.02 | 19.60 | 17.80 | 18.34 | 130M |
| Intel | INTC | 15.61 | 16.83 | 15.49 | 16.25 | 124M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 17.37 | 18.05 | 17.13 | 17.13 | 112M |
| Apple | AAPL | 85.91 | 96.33 | 85.68 | 89.79 | 78.8M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 16.31 | 17.63 | 16.01 | 16.88 | 75.9M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 38.93 | 43.55 | 38.50 | 39.30 | 75.7M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 74.85 | 79.39 | 74.00 | 77.00 | 74.9M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25.02 | 26.13 | 23.95 | 24.73 | 65.7M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 29.95 | 33.76 | 29.22 | 31.90 | 57.5M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 16.39 | 17.92 | 16.25 | 16.99 | 48.6M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53.71 | 56.77 | 52.75 | 54.55 | 47.8M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 37.76 | 42.00 | 37.14 | 40.00 | 41.3M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61.64 | 63.86 | 61.12 | 62.36 | 37.9M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 65.78 | 69.01 | 64.46 | 66.10 | 37.3M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 28.04 | 29.20 | 27.72 | 27.73 | 35.9M |
| Home Depot | HD | 21.16 | 22.46 | 20.76 | 21.17 | 35.1M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 59.40 | 64.93 | 58.59 | 62.03 | 33.7M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.92 | 56.89 | 52.85 | 55.29 | 31.4M |
| Altria | MO | 18.17 | 19.17 | 17.86 | 18.10 | 31M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 18.52 | 19.77 | 18.50 | 18.94 | 29.6M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 25.51 | 27.12 | 24.93 | 25.68 | 29M |
| Chevron | CVX | 72.13 | 77.16 | 70.40 | 73.10 | 28M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 63.01 | 69.96 | 61.35 | 66.14 | 25.3M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 48.65 | 49.60 | 46.45 | 47.41 | 24.5M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 330.16 | 358.99 | 326.11 | 338.11 | 23.6M |
| Merck | MRK | 28.58 | 29.93 | 28.01 | 28.52 | 22.5M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 53.26 | 55.83 | 53.25 | 53.41 | 20.7M |
| Visa | V | 49.01 | 54.43 | 47.75 | 52.63 | 18.8M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 91.51 | 97.48 | 89.98 | 90.55 | 18M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 50.51 | 53.99 | 50.05 | 52.12 | 15.9M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 39.52 | 42.45 | 39.24 | 41.07 | 14.3M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 55.64 | 62.75 | 55.35 | 61.02 | 14.3M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 48.80 | 51.99 | 48.66 | 49.68 | 14M |
| 3M | MMM | 59.46 | 61.94 | 57.24 | 57.37 | 13.3M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 64.35 | 65.78 | 62.77 | 63.61 | 13M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 20.26 | 21.02 | 19.20 | 19.20 | 12.5M |
| Boeing | BA | 48.41 | 50.00 | 47.18 | 47.70 | 11.9M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 58.66 | 64.07 | 57.26 | 60.79 | 9.73M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3980.00 | 4100.00 | 3900.00 | 3930.00 | 71.4K |
Exchange Rates of October 8th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 99.100 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.126 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.888 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.127 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.887 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.814 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.147 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 135.070 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.789 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.268 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 2.026 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.494 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.535 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.652 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.537 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.650 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.286 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.108 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.584 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.713 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.500 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.667 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.136 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.880 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.138 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.879 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.567 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.390 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.944 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.514 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.948 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.513 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.764 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.085 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.757 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.321 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.758 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.319 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.563 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.219 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.001 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.999 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.048 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.165 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.044 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.165 CHF |
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