Financial news on May 11th, 2009
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Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.19 | 28.45 | 26.53 | 26.53 | 188M |
| General Electric | GE | 14.38 | 14.42 | 14.10 | 14.19 | 93.5M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 37.35 | 38.18 | 35.83 | 35.83 | 86.8M |
| Intel | INTC | 15.09 | 15.63 | 15.00 | 15.37 | 69.5M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 19.20 | 19.73 | 19.01 | 19.32 | 63.8M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 14.10 | 14.42 | 14.10 | 14.15 | 53M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18.45 | 18.83 | 18.27 | 18.61 | 44.3M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.15 | 18.83 | 18.04 | 18.56 | 32.1M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25.22 | 25.63 | 25.07 | 25.36 | 25.6M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 69.48 | 69.64 | 68.84 | 69.27 | 23.7M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 49.97 | 51.03 | 49.73 | 50.63 | 18M |
| Home Depot | HD | 24.81 | 25.25 | 24.54 | 24.93 | 17.5M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 45.94 | 45.94 | 44.85 | 45.13 | 17.2M |
| Merck | MRK | 24.58 | 24.80 | 24.33 | 24.40 | 16.2M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 15.46 | 15.61 | 15.28 | 15.41 | 14.9M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 25.11 | 25.17 | 24.68 | 24.71 | 14.7M |
| Apple | AAPL | 127.37 | 130.96 | 127.12 | 129.57 | 14.5M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 34.04 | 35.35 | 34.03 | 35.03 | 14.2M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 51.42 | 51.55 | 50.23 | 50.37 | 13.9M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.90 | 30.15 | 29.57 | 29.82 | 13.8M |
| Chevron | CVX | 69.29 | 69.30 | 67.73 | 68.00 | 13.5M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 44.96 | 45.43 | 44.52 | 44.87 | 13.5M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 54.56 | 54.87 | 54.00 | 54.11 | 13.1M |
| Altria | MO | 17.00 | 17.16 | 16.85 | 17.04 | 10.2M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 28.26 | 28.53 | 27.40 | 27.59 | 9.91M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 54.83 | 54.83 | 54.04 | 54.40 | 9.66M |
| Boeing | BA | 45.26 | 45.60 | 44.53 | 44.72 | 9.6M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 42.73 | 43.19 | 42.54 | 42.75 | 9.22M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 55.41 | 55.68 | 54.32 | 54.77 | 8.93M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 46.80 | 48.18 | 46.50 | 47.92 | 8.43M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 101.09 | 103.88 | 100.95 | 102.90 | 8.25M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 49.55 | 50.05 | 49.28 | 49.58 | 8.19M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 43.97 | 44.93 | 43.71 | 44.65 | 7.4M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 76.80 | 79.85 | 76.01 | 78.61 | 6.87M |
| Visa | V | 66.80 | 67.95 | 65.93 | 65.93 | 6.5M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 52.70 | 53.13 | 52.11 | 52.50 | 5.34M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 50.70 | 51.18 | 49.07 | 49.34 | 5.2M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 402.80 | 412.00 | 401.20 | 407.98 | 5.11M |
| 3M | MMM | 59.41 | 59.58 | 58.70 | 59.11 | 3.9M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 20.18 | 20.39 | 20.14 | 20.29 | 3.03M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3066.00 | 3068.00 | 2960.00 | 2960.00 | 46K |
Exchange Rates of May 11th, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 97.380 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.167 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.857 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.110 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.901 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.823 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.147 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 132.230 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.898 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.114 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.791 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.558 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.584 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.631 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.507 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.664 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.273 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.108 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.679 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.473 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.354 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.739 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.198 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.835 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.140 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.878 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.993 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.502 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.764 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.567 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.678 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.596 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.315 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.097 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.884 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.131 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.841 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.189 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.180 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.193 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.951 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.052 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.857 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.171 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.148 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.163 CHF |
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