Financial news on October 11, 2013
Business and Financial news
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Pentagon announces decision to stop working on a conventional backup helmet for pilots of the new F-35 fighter jet and stick with a troubled, but improving, higher-tech model. Read more..
China, Japan and other Asian nations respond with calm to brinksmanship in American government over default on national debt, despite Asia's significant investment in United States securities; Asian stocks have risen even as US markets decline, though there are signs of anxiety. Read more..
Labor Department reports that applications for weekly unemployment benefits rose by 66,000 to a seasonally adjusted 374,000; sharp increase was largely caused after California processed huge backlog of claims and after partial government shutdown prompted layoffs. Read more..
Volkswagon, facing intense pressure from United Automobile Workers to organize its plant in Tennessee, is expected to push for German-style works council as compromise; such councils, common in Europe, are composed of hourly and salaried employees that give labor a voice at management table, though they lack the negotiating and striking capacity of American unions. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
FB | 49,18 | 49,87 | 48,79 | 49,11 | 58.4M | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 40,44 | 41,51 | 40,30 | 41,43 | 46M |
General Electric | GE | 24,32 | 24,49 | 24,20 | 24,40 | 34.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 52,96 | 53,35 | 52,16 | 52,51 | 32.5M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 33,68 | 34,14 | 33,68 | 34,13 | 30M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23,02 | 23,38 | 22,97 | 23,28 | 27.8M |
Intel | INTC | 22,83 | 23,26 | 22,82 | 23,26 | 24.6M |
Pfizer | PFE | 28,92 | 28,93 | 28,63 | 28,72 | 24.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 34,13 | 34,25 | 33,93 | 34,20 | 23.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 22,39 | 23,00 | 22,25 | 22,80 | 18.1M |
General Motors | GM | 34,79 | 35,52 | 34,66 | 35,35 | 15.4M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 37,92 | 37,92 | 37,52 | 37,77 | 14.3M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 33,08 | 33,38 | 32,94 | 33,26 | 14M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 85,90 | 86,95 | 85,50 | 86,95 | 12.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 46,81 | 47,09 | 46,66 | 47,09 | 11.1M |
Merck | MRK | 47,42 | 47,49 | 47,15 | 47,29 | 10.3M |
Apple | AAPL | 486,99 | 493,84 | 485,16 | 492,81 | 9.56M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 45,16 | 46,23 | 45,12 | 46,06 | 9.54M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 88,62 | 89,48 | 88,02 | 89,45 | 8.45M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 62,94 | 63,48 | 62,38 | 62,69 | 8.09M |
Home Depot | HD | 75,45 | 76,63 | 75,42 | 76,32 | 6.94M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 65,66 | 66,59 | 65,50 | 66,21 | 6.74M |
Chevron | CVX | 116,57 | 117,71 | 115,93 | 117,67 | 6.54M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 74,61 | 74,83 | 73,83 | 74,82 | 6.53M |
Altria | MO | 35,53 | 35,65 | 35,35 | 35,54 | 6.2M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 78,00 | 78,49 | 77,81 | 78,48 | 6.08M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 89,05 | 90,29 | 88,52 | 90,02 | 5.34M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 47,88 | 47,88 | 47,36 | 47,68 | 5.15M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 33,63 | 33,90 | 33,44 | 33,76 | 5.04M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 70,82 | 71,85 | 70,76 | 71,71 | 4.59M |
Boeing | BA | 118,60 | 119,40 | 117,83 | 117,98 | 4.51M |
McDonald's | MCD | 94,69 | 94,80 | 94,33 | 94,74 | 4.13M |
Pepsico | PEP | 80,73 | 81,09 | 80,45 | 80,83 | 4.11M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 114,85 | 115,83 | 114,20 | 115,81 | 3.55M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 185,25 | 186,23 | 184,12 | 186,16 | 3.23M |
United Technologies | UTX | 105,68 | 107,03 | 105,37 | 107,01 | 3.2M |
Visa | V | 188,80 | 192,20 | 187,50 | 192,20 | 2.98M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 73,93 | 74,27 | 73,50 | 74,27 | 2.94M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 866,03 | 873,48 | 865,30 | 871,99 | 2.81M |
3M | MMM | 119,16 | 120,77 | 118,39 | 120,72 | 2.49M |
Amgen | AMGN | 110,00 | 111,51 | 109,66 | 110,89 | 2.43M |
Amazon | AMZN | 304,77 | 310,93 | 303,84 | 310,89 | 2.16M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 157,04 | 158,07 | 156,54 | 157,37 | 1.58M |
Exchange Rates of October 11, 2013
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 98,580 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,035 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,966 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0,912 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,097 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,121 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,163 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 133,550 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,849 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,178 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,431 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,699 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,402 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,713 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,235 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,810 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8,290 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,121 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,636 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,574 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,071 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,934 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,049 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,953 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0,925 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,081 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,685 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,593 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,652 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,606 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,454 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,688 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9,763 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,102 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,979 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,021 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,863 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,159 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5,793 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,173 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,880 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,136 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5,911 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,169 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,710 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,149 CHF |
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