Financial news on February 11th, 2008
Business and Financial news
“Face the Nation” anchor Bob Schieffer paid a musical tribute to his boss, Sumner Redstone, at a gala honoring the media mogul. Read more..
One might imagine, similarly, that teenage moviegoers would see less television than their more movie-averse peers. But that is not so, according to data from IMMI. Read more..
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The Boston Globe was forced to scrap its planned commemorative book “19-0: The Historic Championship Season of New England’s Unbeatable Patriots.” Read more..
The auction of Getty Images, the distributor of pictures and video, appears to be in jeopardy, people briefed on the matter said on Sunday. Read more..
The investigation into the $7.2 billion trading scandal at Société Générale appears to be aiming toward a theory that the bank’s rogue trader might not have acted alone. Read more..
The schedule of financing this week includes Monday’s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills on Tuesday. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28,52 | 28,61 | 27,91 | 28,21 | 157M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23,65 | 23,70 | 23,30 | 23,52 | 69M |
Intel | INTC | 20,40 | 20,82 | 20,15 | 20,68 | 53.8M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19,21 | 19,57 | 19,17 | 19,44 | 44.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 128,01 | 129,98 | 127,20 | 129,45 | 42.9M |
General Electric | GE | 33,81 | 34,19 | 33,55 | 34,01 | 32.2M |
Pfizer | PFE | 22,37 | 22,41 | 22,03 | 22,20 | 31.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43,89 | 44,00 | 42,82 | 43,35 | 25.9M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 36,36 | 37,00 | 35,78 | 36,87 | 24.9M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 29,58 | 29,90 | 28,83 | 29,54 | 23M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 81,85 | 83,30 | 81,04 | 83,22 | 22.7M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48,93 | 49,68 | 48,34 | 49,60 | 21.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 75,38 | 77,15 | 74,81 | 76,97 | 18.1M |
Chevron | CVX | 80,22 | 80,47 | 78,51 | 80,43 | 17.6M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 16,92 | 17,22 | 16,73 | 17,03 | 14.1M |
Home Depot | HD | 28,02 | 28,88 | 27,67 | 28,69 | 13.9M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 42,24 | 42,63 | 41,93 | 42,63 | 13.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36,40 | 36,84 | 35,82 | 36,79 | 11.9M |
Merck | MRK | 44,55 | 45,45 | 44,20 | 45,31 | 11.9M |
Altria | MO | 72,77 | 73,36 | 71,89 | 72,42 | 11.8M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 520,52 | 523,71 | 513,40 | 521,16 | 11.6M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62,00 | 62,14 | 61,36 | 61,88 | 11.1M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 23,07 | 23,85 | 22,77 | 22,95 | 10.5M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64,91 | 66,03 | 64,73 | 66,00 | 10.3M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 77,50 | 80,78 | 76,94 | 80,49 | 9.93M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 56,90 | 57,36 | 55,92 | 56,34 | 9.32M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32,27 | 32,27 | 31,52 | 31,93 | 9.08M |
Amgen | AMGN | 46,03 | 46,68 | 46,00 | 46,38 | 9M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 44,10 | 44,81 | 43,92 | 44,60 | 8.54M |
Amazon | AMZN | 73,14 | 75,96 | 72,77 | 75,19 | 7.76M |
Pepsico | PEP | 69,45 | 71,20 | 69,30 | 70,96 | 6.93M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 59,35 | 59,70 | 58,80 | 59,50 | 6.82M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 48,20 | 48,37 | 47,39 | 48,22 | 6.72M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 102,90 | 105,55 | 102,87 | 105,14 | 6.1M |
McDonald's | MCD | 55,52 | 56,34 | 55,19 | 55,98 | 5.9M |
Boeing | BA | 79,46 | 81,39 | 78,85 | 81,13 | 4.9M |
United Technologies | UTX | 71,47 | 71,66 | 70,42 | 71,57 | 3.63M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 125,56 | 125,85 | 122,64 | 125,50 | 2.15M |
3M | MMM | 78,27 | 79,57 | 77,84 | 79,28 | 2.1M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4640,00 | 4647,00 | 4565,00 | 4645,00 | 16.4K |
Exchange Rates of February 11th, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 106,940 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,001 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,999 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,102 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,907 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,191 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,139 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 155,260 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,744 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,344 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,606 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,623 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,454 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,688 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,600 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,625 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,479 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,088 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,034 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,967 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,936 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,069 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,030 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,970 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,158 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,463 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,954 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,512 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,150 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,465 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,905 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,105 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,996 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,004 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,100 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,909 CAD |
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