Financial news on March 9th, 2009
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 6.96 | 7.83 | 6.88 | 7.41 | 265M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 8.65 | 10.70 | 8.50 | 9.97 | 209M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 15.35 | 17.29 | 15.02 | 15.90 | 133M |
| Intel | INTC | 12.33 | 13.00 | 12.30 | 12.55 | 87M |
| Merck | MRK | 20.15 | 22.50 | 20.05 | 20.99 | 84.2M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 14.00 | 14.43 | 13.61 | 13.62 | 78.3M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 12.38 | 12.92 | 12.38 | 12.63 | 70.5M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 15.20 | 15.74 | 15.10 | 15.15 | 66.5M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 14.31 | 14.70 | 13.80 | 13.85 | 60M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 62.88 | 65.98 | 62.87 | 64.57 | 42.7M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 22.09 | 22.78 | 21.62 | 21.72 | 38.6M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 26.47 | 27.03 | 25.39 | 25.53 | 30.6M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 35.16 | 37.29 | 34.70 | 36.53 | 29M |
| Home Depot | HD | 17.72 | 18.95 | 17.49 | 18.23 | 28.4M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.56 | 49.11 | 47.30 | 47.51 | 26.5M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 18.77 | 19.20 | 18.41 | 19.01 | 26.4M |
| Apple | AAPL | 84.12 | 87.60 | 82.57 | 83.11 | 24.9M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 26.97 | 27.08 | 26.10 | 26.18 | 23.5M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 47.46 | 47.75 | 46.25 | 46.60 | 23.3M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 11.47 | 11.96 | 11.10 | 11.22 | 22.6M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46.45 | 47.32 | 46.12 | 46.65 | 20.8M |
| Altria | MO | 15.61 | 15.99 | 15.51 | 15.86 | 20.6M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 51.69 | 53.46 | 51.31 | 52.32 | 17.9M |
| Chevron | CVX | 57.73 | 59.59 | 57.51 | 58.28 | 17.7M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 39.48 | 39.87 | 38.73 | 38.75 | 17.6M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 45.30 | 45.60 | 43.93 | 44.18 | 16.9M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 15.48 | 16.24 | 15.46 | 15.59 | 14.6M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 17.67 | 18.29 | 17.14 | 17.79 | 13.8M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 62.20 | 64.03 | 60.15 | 60.49 | 13.6M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 36.18 | 38.60 | 35.92 | 36.67 | 13.4M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 84.70 | 86.80 | 83.02 | 83.48 | 13.2M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 299.65 | 306.57 | 289.45 | 290.89 | 12.9M |
| Boeing | BA | 29.98 | 31.46 | 29.96 | 31.00 | 12.4M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 45.81 | 46.58 | 45.80 | 46.27 | 9.4M |
| Visa | V | 49.67 | 51.08 | 48.74 | 49.80 | 8.39M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 43.79 | 44.71 | 43.60 | 43.71 | 8.21M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 46.65 | 47.18 | 45.63 | 45.81 | 7.99M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 38.03 | 38.75 | 37.40 | 37.56 | 7.76M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 34.56 | 35.27 | 33.28 | 33.62 | 7.68M |
| 3M | MMM | 41.31 | 42.45 | 41.20 | 42.07 | 7.15M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2254.00 | 2390.00 | 2251.00 | 2310.00 | 50.3K |
Exchange Rates of March 9th, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 98.770 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.299 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.770 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.159 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.863 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.840 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 124.500 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.915 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.093 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.994 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.502 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.638 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.610 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.461 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.684 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.620 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.116 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.734 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.362 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.601 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.625 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.316 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.760 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.174 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.852 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.180 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.459 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.791 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.558 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.597 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.626 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.410 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.106 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.821 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.218 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.732 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.366 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.320 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.231 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.892 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.122 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.262 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.190 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.897 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.170 CHF |
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