Financial news on November 09, 2006
Business and Financial news
Microsoft announced that it had finished the new version of its Windows operating system, Windows Vista. Read more..
China said its trade surplus with the rest of the world had leapt to a record $23.8 billion in October. Read more..
Many Internet start-ups are foregoing venture capital in their early stages, choosing instead to grow on a shoestring. Read more..
UnitedHealth Group said its restatement of earnings would be “significantly greater” than the $286 million it estimated in May. Read more..
In a rare move, Microsoft agreed to pay a percentage of the sales of its new portable media player to the Universal Music Group. Read more..
Nvidia introduced its next-generation processor, capable of more than three trillion mathematical operations per second. Read more..
The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company, the parent of Airbus, posted an unexpected quarterly loss, its first in three years, because of delays affecting the A380 jumbo jet. The third-quarter net loss was 195 million euros ($249 million)... Read more..
Russian steel maker Severstal offered fewer shares than expected on the London Stock Exchange but said the issue was enough for its needs. Read more..
Eli Broad and Ronald W. Burkle joined forces to buy the owner of The Los Angeles Times and 10 other newspapers. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 27,44 | 27,44 | 26,65 | 26,71 | 199M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29,11 | 29,40 | 29,00 | 29,26 | 89.4M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26,41 | 26,57 | 25,00 | 25,84 | 83.1M |
Intel | INTC | 20,82 | 20,97 | 20,38 | 20,42 | 52.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 34,32 | 34,34 | 33,35 | 33,42 | 46.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18,41 | 18,80 | 18,29 | 18,54 | 40.6M |
Apple | AAPL | 82,90 | 84,69 | 82,12 | 83,34 | 33M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47,11 | 47,21 | 46,31 | 46,39 | 27.2M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 39,12 | 39,92 | 39,11 | 39,56 | 23M |
Merck | MRK | 44,00 | 44,18 | 42,70 | 42,88 | 22.6M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 47,29 | 47,46 | 45,68 | 45,84 | 22.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 74,60 | 74,80 | 73,65 | 74,61 | 21.5M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 48,00 | 48,00 | 45,12 | 45,27 | 21.4M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33,25 | 33,85 | 33,00 | 33,58 | 19.9M |
General Electric | GE | 35,51 | 35,66 | 35,25 | 35,29 | 18.7M |
Home Depot | HD | 37,25 | 37,41 | 36,79 | 36,85 | 18.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 63,00 | 64,24 | 62,74 | 63,31 | 18.6M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 67,52 | 67,74 | 65,82 | 66,15 | 16.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36,80 | 36,89 | 35,86 | 36,11 | 12.4M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 65,62 | 66,24 | 64,66 | 64,97 | 11.9M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 40,78 | 40,91 | 40,57 | 40,67 | 11.7M |
Chevron | CVX | 69,86 | 70,40 | 69,54 | 70,20 | 11.5M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 476,50 | 479,49 | 471,86 | 472,63 | 9.75M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63,86 | 64,00 | 63,19 | 63,80 | 8.2M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 46,70 | 47,01 | 46,53 | 46,65 | 8.04M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24,80 | 24,91 | 24,36 | 24,58 | 7.89M |
Altria | MO | 81,14 | 81,48 | 80,47 | 80,86 | 7.66M |
McDonald's | MCD | 42,03 | 42,12 | 41,86 | 42,09 | 7.62M |
Amgen | AMGN | 74,58 | 75,25 | 73,30 | 73,53 | 6.9M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47,65 | 47,75 | 47,18 | 47,24 | 6.84M |
Boeing | BA | 85,75 | 86,50 | 85,05 | 85,11 | 6.15M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36,80 | 36,90 | 36,59 | 36,73 | 5.83M |
Amazon | AMZN | 39,50 | 39,77 | 38,81 | 38,84 | 5.81M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63,40 | 63,50 | 62,54 | 62,69 | 5.01M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 92,59 | 93,19 | 92,37 | 92,42 | 4.52M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 69,42 | 69,42 | 66,75 | 67,06 | 3.58M |
3M | MMM | 79,55 | 79,88 | 78,58 | 78,90 | 3.26M |
United Technologies | UTX | 65,37 | 65,65 | 64,85 | 64,91 | 2.97M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 91,77 | 92,04 | 90,65 | 90,68 | 1.62M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3610,00 | 3628,00 | 3561,00 | 3566,00 | 25.7K |
Exchange Rates of November 09, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117,900 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,130 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,885 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,243 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,805 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,867 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,127 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 151,270 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,673 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,485 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,671 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,599 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,449 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,690 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,595 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,627 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,445 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,248 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,104 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,906 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,958 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,044 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,054 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,949 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,482 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,403 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,152 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,465 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,368 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,422 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,867 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,154 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,954 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,048 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,100 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,909 CAD |
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