Financial news on June 10, 2010
Business and Financial news
The flat-screen TV was a stunning advance, but now there are new features to consider, like 3-D and LED-lit liquid-crystal displays. Read more..
Business leaders urged the British government to defend BP against political pressure from Washington, where lawmakers have called on the oil company to suspend its dividend. Read more..
China’s stock regulator has approved Agricultural Bank of China’s plans for an initial public offering in Shanghai and Hong Kong worth well over $20 billion that may be the world’s biggest ever, despite current market doldrums. Read more..
Better phones and more services and apps will give fans more options for following the tournament. Read more..
Tourists can turn laptops into remote receivers for home TVs, or use futuristic goggles with a video display equivalent to an 80-inch screen. Read more..
Morgan Stanley has hired Adam Parker from Sanford C. Bernstein as its United States equity strategist Read more..
Since the spill in the Gulf of Mexico, oil prices have not risen sharply. That is a reminder that Americans rely much more heavily on foreign sources. Read more..
Providence Equity Partners, the private equity firm that has reportedly put Bresnan Communications on the block, has received seven bids of more than $1 billion for the broadband provider, Reuters reported. Read more..
The Securities and Exchange Commission is ramping up an investigation into a second complex mortgage deal by Goldman Sachs, The Financial Times reported, citing people close to the matter. Read more..
A study found that 75 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds in the United States owned a mobile phone. Parents say they generally buy their child a phone for safety reasons. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.00 | 23.10 | 22.51 | 22.77 | 98.9M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 25.13 | 25.15 | 24.78 | 25.00 | 78.9M |
General Electric | GE | 15.59 | 15.87 | 15.52 | 15.68 | 78.6M |
Pfizer | PFE | 14.65 | 15.11 | 14.65 | 14.91 | 60.2M |
Intel | INTC | 20.35 | 20.60 | 20.25 | 20.55 | 57.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 37.68 | 38.37 | 37.41 | 38.29 | 44.3M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.52 | 28.24 | 27.40 | 28.13 | 41.6M |
Altria | MO | 20.30 | 20.46 | 20.25 | 20.32 | 33.5M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25.20 | 25.52 | 25.18 | 25.44 | 33.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 61.50 | 62.00 | 61.16 | 61.89 | 33M |
Apple | AAPL | 244.84 | 250.98 | 242.20 | 250.51 | 27.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21.88 | 22.24 | 21.73 | 22.21 | 25M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 17.71 | 18.09 | 17.58 | 18.07 | 21.6M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46.38 | 47.47 | 46.34 | 47.20 | 19.1M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 52.07 | 53.59 | 51.76 | 53.37 | 19M |
Merck | MRK | 34.14 | 34.78 | 33.99 | 34.65 | 18.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 28.07 | 28.42 | 28.05 | 28.34 | 17.8M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 58.72 | 59.13 | 58.35 | 58.50 | 17M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 57.79 | 59.35 | 57.35 | 59.17 | 16.9M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.34 | 24.68 | 24.25 | 24.64 | 16.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 46.02 | 46.62 | 45.92 | 46.50 | 15.9M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 51.21 | 51.68 | 51.06 | 51.22 | 15.9M |
Home Depot | HD | 32.24 | 32.76 | 32.09 | 32.72 | 15.3M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.97 | 62.29 | 61.67 | 61.91 | 14.8M |
Chevron | CVX | 72.87 | 74.17 | 72.69 | 74.17 | 13.9M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33.53 | 34.23 | 33.45 | 34.11 | 13.7M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 33.15 | 33.90 | 33.08 | 33.72 | 13.2M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 30.92 | 31.12 | 30.22 | 30.70 | 11.8M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 51.86 | 52.50 | 51.86 | 52.45 | 9.4M |
Visa | V | 75.63 | 77.49 | 75.00 | 77.45 | 9.1M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 125.99 | 128.22 | 125.80 | 127.68 | 7.48M |
McDonald's | MCD | 68.98 | 69.41 | 68.71 | 69.37 | 6.74M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63.03 | 63.90 | 63.03 | 63.84 | 6.57M |
3M | MMM | 75.78 | 77.59 | 75.62 | 77.43 | 6.2M |
Amgen | AMGN | 53.61 | 54.29 | 53.28 | 54.01 | 6.2M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 72.31 | 74.20 | 72.30 | 74.10 | 6.17M |
Amazon | AMZN | 120.00 | 123.50 | 119.20 | 123.21 | 6.06M |
United Technologies | UTX | 64.53 | 65.62 | 63.86 | 65.49 | 5.87M |
Boeing | BA | 62.81 | 64.01 | 62.30 | 63.89 | 5.68M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 480.37 | 488.50 | 475.84 | 487.01 | 5.15M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 70.54 | 72.80 | 70.54 | 72.69 | 3.54M |
Exchange Rates of June 10, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 91.390 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.031 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.970 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.143 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.875 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.832 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 110.640 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.824 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.214 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.426 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.701 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.248 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.801 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.384 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.722 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.274 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.121 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.744 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.344 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.289 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.776 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.128 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.887 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.251 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.799 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.731 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.578 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.515 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.660 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.680 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.595 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.031 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.100 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.875 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.143 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.970 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.031 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.796 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.173 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.109 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.902 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.625 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.151 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.975 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.167 CHF |
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