Financial news on April 11, 2008
Business and Financial news
The European bank said that the economy of the euro zone remained resilient despite months of financial market volatility in the U.S. that now appears to be creeping into Britain. Read more..
The British High Court ruled that prosecutors investigating accusations of corruption in a BAE arms deal with Saudi Arabia acted unlawfully when they dropped the inquiry. Read more..
First-quarter profit fell 5.8 percent at General Electric, which is seen as one of the most reliable earners. The Dow Jones industrial average lost more than 250 points. Read more..
MySpace has signed a deal with a British-based production firm, ShineReveille International. Read more..
Since October, the country’s priests, quoting the Bible, have urged South Koreans to join in their effort to fight presumed corruption at Samsung. Read more..
The Gripen, a multi-role combat aircraft, has become Saab’s flagship, with recent deals in Thailand, the Czech Republic, Hungary and South Africa. Read more..
The testimony, by the associate administrator for safety of the F.A.A., was the most explicit statement so far that the epidemic of aircraft groundings had genuine safety roots. Read more..
The gap between what Americans import and export unexpectedly widened in February as domestic demand rose for automobiles and fell back for crude oil. Read more..
George Soros has always been a controversial figure. But he is becoming more so with a new, dire forecast for the world economy. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 32,50 | 33,01 | 31,81 | 32,05 | 366M |
Intel | INTC | 21,81 | 21,91 | 21,11 | 21,24 | 66.9M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28,87 | 29,01 | 28,21 | 28,28 | 54.4M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23,65 | 23,78 | 23,35 | 23,38 | 49.7M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28,24 | 28,84 | 27,90 | 27,97 | 44.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 152,72 | 153,30 | 146,40 | 147,14 | 43.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43,35 | 43,90 | 42,43 | 42,53 | 42M |
Pfizer | PFE | 20,86 | 20,90 | 20,44 | 20,45 | 30.2M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20,09 | 20,14 | 19,81 | 19,84 | 29M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54,25 | 55,14 | 54,13 | 54,80 | 23.5M |
Altria | MO | 21,28 | 21,82 | 21,00 | 21,37 | 21.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 37,82 | 38,15 | 37,21 | 37,30 | 18.3M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 88,90 | 89,75 | 88,49 | 88,62 | 17.9M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 19,98 | 20,05 | 19,62 | 19,65 | 17.6M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31,04 | 31,49 | 30,15 | 30,18 | 15.5M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53,81 | 53,81 | 52,80 | 52,80 | 14M |
Merck | MRK | 41,50 | 41,85 | 41,00 | 41,14 | 14M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 35,35 | 36,08 | 35,35 | 35,59 | 13.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 27,99 | 28,67 | 27,99 | 28,17 | 12.7M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 70,02 | 70,47 | 69,75 | 70,00 | 11.9M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 46,27 | 46,35 | 45,35 | 45,47 | 10.3M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 117,33 | 117,80 | 115,51 | 116,00 | 9.56M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66,59 | 66,75 | 65,94 | 66,00 | 9.23M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 464,07 | 467,26 | 455,01 | 457,45 | 8.33M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 79,18 | 79,58 | 78,54 | 78,59 | 8.23M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21,86 | 22,03 | 21,65 | 21,70 | 8.1M |
United Technologies | UTX | 70,69 | 70,99 | 69,35 | 69,53 | 7.8M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 61,02 | 61,50 | 60,09 | 60,29 | 7.78M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 52,09 | 52,23 | 50,46 | 50,64 | 7.61M |
Amgen | AMGN | 43,84 | 43,90 | 42,85 | 43,01 | 7.5M |
Chevron | CVX | 89,03 | 89,77 | 88,61 | 88,80 | 7.44M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 91,87 | 92,80 | 90,50 | 90,61 | 7.16M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 36,50 | 37,00 | 35,73 | 35,87 | 7.06M |
Amazon | AMZN | 73,84 | 74,30 | 71,62 | 71,99 | 6.79M |
Visa | V | 65,25 | 66,77 | 65,25 | 66,11 | 6.61M |
3M | MMM | 78,95 | 79,08 | 78,13 | 78,47 | 5.61M |
Boeing | BA | 77,65 | 78,41 | 76,72 | 76,86 | 5.43M |
McDonald's | MCD | 55,41 | 55,85 | 55,14 | 55,40 | 5.33M |
Pepsico | PEP | 71,65 | 71,83 | 71,11 | 71,40 | 4.3M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 128,96 | 131,26 | 128,32 | 130,21 | 1.8M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4365,00 | 4389,00 | 4301,00 | 4354,00 | 14.8K |
Exchange Rates of April 11, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 100,970 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,023 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,978 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,001 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,999 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,991 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,143 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 159,620 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,802 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,247 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,703 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,587 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,618 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,618 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,583 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,632 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,502 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,991 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,067 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,938 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,013 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,987 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0,991 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,009 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,124 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,471 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,016 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,496 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,972 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,507 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,949 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,054 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,928 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,077 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,978 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,023 CAD |
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