Financial news on January 11, 2013
Business and Financial news
American Express will cut about 5,400 jobs, mainly in its travel business, as it seeks to cut costs and transform its operations. Read more..
With apartments forming most of the city's housing stock, a rare one-family home goes on the market. Read more..
As quick justice, regulators are giving cash payments to 3.8 million borrowers, but the deal is actually a way to paper over a deeply flawed review of foreclosed loans across America. Read more..
The central bank also maintained its stimulus program amid signs that the economy is still on the brink of recession. Read more..
Food and Drug Administration issues warning letters to large egg producers Midwest Poultry Services and SKS Enterprises Inc, contending that they violated a two-year-old rule aimed at preventing salmonella contamination. Read more..
Outgoing Treasury Secretary Timothy F Geithner is remarkably sanguine as he looks back on his tumultuous tenure. Read more..
The number of annual hospital visits related to energy drinks doubled from 2007 to 2011, with patients from 18 to 25 accounting for the largest group by age, a federal report found. Read more..
Restoration of a historic home on Mauritius echoes the growth in its real estate market. Read more..
Standard & Poor's 500-stock index sets five-year high as stronger-than-expected exports from China spur optimism about global growth prospects. Read more..
Chinese exports in December grew at the fastest pace since May, raising hopes of a firmer rebound in trade. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
FB | 31,28 | 31,96 | 31,10 | 31,72 | 89.6M | |
Microsoft | MSFT | 26,49 | 26,93 | 26,28 | 26,83 | 55.5M |
Intel | INTC | 21,80 | 22,07 | 21,77 | 22,00 | 44.9M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34,93 | 35,18 | 34,53 | 35,10 | 44.1M |
General Electric | GE | 21,22 | 21,24 | 21,02 | 21,13 | 41.8M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 16,48 | 16,73 | 15,85 | 16,16 | 39.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26,74 | 26,83 | 26,50 | 26,52 | 27.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 34,44 | 34,49 | 34,13 | 34,27 | 27.1M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 20,40 | 20,51 | 20,33 | 20,48 | 23.4M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 45,97 | 46,15 | 45,47 | 46,14 | 19.7M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 36,84 | 36,94 | 36,52 | 36,91 | 15.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 34,96 | 35,00 | 34,78 | 34,86 | 15.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 521,00 | 525,32 | 519,02 | 520,30 | 12.5M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 69,30 | 69,30 | 69,01 | 69,22 | 12.2M |
Merck | MRK | 42,71 | 43,33 | 42,71 | 43,23 | 12.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 88,97 | 89,71 | 88,87 | 89,61 | 11.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 43,73 | 43,74 | 43,04 | 43,30 | 11.6M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 53,40 | 53,40 | 52,33 | 52,82 | 10.2M |
Boeing | BA | 75,71 | 76,10 | 74,60 | 75,16 | 9.81M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 33,88 | 33,88 | 33,32 | 33,37 | 8.55M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 72,19 | 72,58 | 72,16 | 72,35 | 7.77M |
Altria | MO | 32,75 | 33,03 | 32,70 | 32,93 | 7.4M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 50,82 | 51,02 | 50,45 | 50,58 | 7.15M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 34,01 | 34,23 | 33,95 | 34,13 | 7.07M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 38,39 | 38,58 | 38,28 | 38,46 | 6.98M |
General Motors | GM | 30,38 | 30,60 | 30,11 | 30,36 | 6.86M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 68,60 | 68,79 | 68,21 | 68,63 | 6.22M |
Chevron | CVX | 111,20 | 112,08 | 110,80 | 111,73 | 5.46M |
Amgen | AMGN | 87,95 | 88,05 | 86,87 | 86,96 | 4.68M |
Pepsico | PEP | 70,72 | 70,89 | 70,56 | 70,88 | 4.67M |
Home Depot | HD | 63,47 | 63,76 | 63,34 | 63,70 | 4.57M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 94,72 | 94,75 | 94,22 | 94,39 | 4.27M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 78,09 | 78,47 | 77,36 | 78,08 | 4.13M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 73,19 | 73,80 | 73,06 | 73,75 | 4.1M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 58,33 | 58,36 | 58,03 | 58,27 | 3.96M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 194,15 | 195,00 | 192,90 | 194,45 | 3.88M |
McDonald's | MCD | 91,94 | 91,98 | 91,05 | 91,73 | 3.69M |
United Technologies | UTX | 84,87 | 85,49 | 84,65 | 85,18 | 2.98M |
3M | MMM | 95,84 | 96,66 | 95,21 | 96,28 | 2.92M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 742,00 | 742,43 | 736,30 | 739,99 | 2.57M |
Amazon | AMZN | 265,10 | 268,43 | 264,11 | 267,94 | 2.41M |
Visa | V | 159,78 | 161,25 | 159,50 | 161,16 | 2.39M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 131,45 | 132,09 | 130,68 | 130,97 | 1.53M |
Exchange Rates of January 11, 2013
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 89,170 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0,985 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,015 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0,913 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,095 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,216 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,161 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 118,980 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,827 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,209 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,266 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,790 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,314 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,761 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,219 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,820 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8,295 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,121 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,695 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,439 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,063 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,940 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,104 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,906 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,024 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,976 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,531 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,653 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,589 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,629 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,473 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,679 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,028 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,100 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1,038 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,964 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,962 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,040 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6,552 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,153 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,927 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,079 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,311 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,158 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,803 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,147 CHF |
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