Financial news on November 14th, 2012
Business and Financial news
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| FB | 20.10 | 22.50 | 19.93 | 22.36 | 230M | |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18.05 | 18.25 | 17.62 | 17.66 | 97.1M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27.24 | 27.29 | 26.80 | 26.84 | 76.1M |
| General Electric | GE | 20.73 | 20.75 | 19.95 | 20.01 | 65.5M |
| Intel | INTC | 20.42 | 20.50 | 19.95 | 19.96 | 59M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 24.04 | 24.10 | 23.74 | 23.81 | 31.4M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 40.21 | 40.37 | 39.13 | 39.29 | 31M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 32.08 | 32.27 | 31.25 | 31.43 | 30.9M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 34.05 | 34.28 | 33.67 | 33.78 | 25.2M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 13.16 | 13.36 | 13.08 | 13.14 | 25.1M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 30.10 | 30.15 | 29.52 | 29.58 | 22.6M |
| Apple | AAPL | 545.50 | 547.45 | 536.18 | 536.88 | 17M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 86.75 | 87.11 | 85.88 | 86.07 | 14.5M |
| Merck | MRK | 43.70 | 43.90 | 42.91 | 43.05 | 14.2M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 64.73 | 65.06 | 63.57 | 63.74 | 14M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 36.21 | 36.22 | 35.31 | 35.40 | 13.6M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 36.19 | 36.36 | 35.87 | 36.01 | 13.5M |
| Home Depot | HD | 63.24 | 63.50 | 61.32 | 61.47 | 13.4M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 42.56 | 42.88 | 42.14 | 42.24 | 12.4M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 72.57 | 73.92 | 72.00 | 72.29 | 11.7M |
| Altria | MO | 31.24 | 31.38 | 30.69 | 30.79 | 11.4M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 31.85 | 31.90 | 31.38 | 31.48 | 11.4M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 69.63 | 69.76 | 69.03 | 69.27 | 10.5M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 48.03 | 48.04 | 47.05 | 47.17 | 9.78M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 66.89 | 67.06 | 66.29 | 66.53 | 9.68M |
| General Motors | GM | 24.93 | 24.99 | 24.10 | 24.17 | 9.59M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 71.86 | 72.00 | 71.08 | 71.31 | 9.11M |
| Chevron | CVX | 104.99 | 105.01 | 102.22 | 102.50 | 8.61M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 69.34 | 69.47 | 67.62 | 67.83 | 8.25M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 84.85 | 85.61 | 84.18 | 84.62 | 8.16M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 55.37 | 55.70 | 54.66 | 54.77 | 6.44M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 86.14 | 86.32 | 84.85 | 84.88 | 6.16M |
| Boeing | BA | 73.34 | 73.65 | 71.12 | 71.29 | 6.06M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 52.39 | 52.43 | 51.10 | 51.25 | 5.79M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 68.56 | 68.71 | 68.04 | 68.17 | 4.71M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 189.14 | 189.27 | 185.28 | 185.51 | 4.4M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 85.71 | 85.96 | 83.68 | 84.02 | 4.28M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 76.79 | 76.80 | 74.44 | 74.65 | 4.27M |
| Visa | V | 142.60 | 143.23 | 139.65 | 139.95 | 3.4M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 660.66 | 662.18 | 650.50 | 652.55 | 3.33M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 226.50 | 227.41 | 222.51 | 222.95 | 3.03M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 121.50 | 121.96 | 117.17 | 117.46 | 2.91M |
| 3M | MMM | 89.17 | 89.38 | 87.07 | 87.31 | 2.88M |
Exchange Rates of November 14th, 2012
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 80.230 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.012 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.004 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.997 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.945 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.058 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.225 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.161 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 102.190 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.804 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.244 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.227 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.815 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.278 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.783 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.203 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.831 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 7.934 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.126 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.786 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.272 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.200 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.833 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.250 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.800 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.178 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.849 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.526 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.655 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.590 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.629 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.497 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.668 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.868 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.101 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1.041 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.960 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.980 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.020 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.462 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.941 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.062 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.208 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.161 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.592 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.152 CHF |
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