Financial news on September 12, 2008
Business and Financial news
France: Job Loss Figure Raised
The country lost more than twice as many jobs in the second quarter as initially reported as economic growth contracted for the first time in more than five years. Read more..
Shares Continue Decline as Lehman Looks for Buyer
As confidence in Lehman continued to drain away, the bank, one of the oldest names on Wall Street, continued to reach out to potential buyers, including Bank of America and Barclays. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 27.73 | 27.74 | 26.33 | 26.75 | 155M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27.14 | 27.74 | 26.94 | 27.62 | 75.6M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 33.26 | 34.50 | 32.97 | 34.29 | 63.9M |
| Intel | INTC | 19.86 | 20.21 | 19.58 | 20.16 | 61.1M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 40.84 | 41.96 | 40.19 | 41.17 | 51.4M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 22.87 | 23.59 | 22.61 | 23.46 | 50.8M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 18.29 | 18.72 | 18.20 | 18.62 | 43.3M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19.22 | 19.67 | 19.04 | 19.61 | 39.2M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 75.52 | 77.70 | 75.51 | 77.50 | 28.6M |
| Apple | AAPL | 150.91 | 150.91 | 146.50 | 148.94 | 28.3M |
| Home Depot | HD | 29.17 | 29.32 | 28.50 | 28.80 | 25.7M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 21.52 | 21.88 | 21.14 | 21.71 | 24.2M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 31.38 | 31.57 | 30.69 | 31.54 | 23.4M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 62.71 | 62.87 | 61.58 | 62.41 | 19.1M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 46.75 | 47.18 | 46.29 | 46.97 | 16.8M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 72.37 | 74.06 | 71.89 | 73.43 | 15.9M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 34.72 | 34.73 | 34.00 | 34.49 | 15.8M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 71.06 | 71.87 | 70.30 | 70.59 | 15.1M |
| Altria | MO | 20.83 | 21.18 | 20.64 | 21.16 | 14.3M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 59.00 | 59.30 | 58.12 | 59.09 | 13.7M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 49.42 | 49.70 | 47.96 | 48.12 | 13.4M |
| Chevron | CVX | 82.90 | 84.48 | 82.47 | 84.24 | 13.4M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 430.21 | 441.99 | 429.00 | 437.66 | 12M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 72.33 | 73.25 | 72.33 | 73.15 | 11.4M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.78 | 22.30 | 21.67 | 22.24 | 11.2M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32.77 | 33.45 | 32.60 | 33.26 | 11.2M |
| Merck | MRK | 33.81 | 34.25 | 33.54 | 33.82 | 11M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 87.04 | 89.50 | 87.03 | 88.68 | 10.6M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 53.85 | 54.55 | 53.55 | 54.50 | 10.2M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 63.06 | 63.45 | 62.31 | 62.87 | 9.51M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 64.12 | 64.87 | 63.57 | 64.06 | 9.37M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 30.00 | 30.00 | 28.91 | 29.61 | 7.19M |
| Visa | V | 69.93 | 71.66 | 69.25 | 71.65 | 7.06M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 72.22 | 73.20 | 72.06 | 73.15 | 6.93M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 118.66 | 119.28 | 116.82 | 118.97 | 6.64M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 78.81 | 79.60 | 76.62 | 78.30 | 6.48M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 63.41 | 64.90 | 63.35 | 64.46 | 5.85M |
| 3M | MMM | 69.85 | 70.48 | 69.25 | 70.15 | 5.7M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 78.00 | 78.41 | 76.01 | 77.80 | 5.43M |
| Boeing | BA | 62.38 | 63.42 | 61.70 | 63.30 | 5.08M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3890.00 | 3992.00 | 3876.00 | 3980.00 | 37.5K |
Exchange Rates of September 12, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 107.920 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.060 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.944 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.131 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.885 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.838 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 153.500 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.793 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.261 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.719 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.582 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.507 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.663 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.608 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.622 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.721 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.103 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.516 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.938 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.124 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.890 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.982 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.019 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.047 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.955 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.176 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.459 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.901 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.526 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.028 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.493 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 12.255 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.082 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.873 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.146 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.931 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.074 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.638 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.177 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.066 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.938 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.453 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.048 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.165 CHF |
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