Financial news on August 15th, 2008
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27.98 | 28.15 | 27.58 | 27.81 | 47.3M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.75 | 25.25 | 24.68 | 24.91 | 45.3M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 29.81 | 30.49 | 29.25 | 29.76 | 43.6M |
| Intel | INTC | 24.35 | 24.50 | 24.18 | 24.26 | 43.1M |
| General Electric | GE | 29.66 | 30.05 | 29.52 | 29.80 | 40.2M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 19.87 | 20.13 | 19.86 | 19.97 | 39.3M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 38.05 | 38.71 | 37.37 | 38.07 | 36.7M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 23.33 | 23.45 | 22.92 | 23.06 | 26.5M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 77.09 | 77.28 | 76.19 | 77.07 | 26.3M |
| Apple | AAPL | 179.04 | 179.75 | 175.05 | 175.74 | 25.3M |
| Home Depot | HD | 27.20 | 27.74 | 27.10 | 27.53 | 23.3M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 58.13 | 59.93 | 58.13 | 59.37 | 22.6M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 31.18 | 31.92 | 31.16 | 31.66 | 21.9M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 79.05 | 79.07 | 77.12 | 77.66 | 20.2M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 22.01 | 22.54 | 21.94 | 22.28 | 18.3M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 70.49 | 71.98 | 69.71 | 71.60 | 17.6M |
| Chevron | CVX | 85.44 | 85.72 | 83.65 | 84.25 | 15.7M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 64.14 | 65.60 | 64.14 | 65.06 | 13.1M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 45.62 | 45.84 | 45.12 | 45.59 | 12.3M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 34.84 | 35.25 | 34.70 | 34.96 | 12.1M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 55.22 | 55.62 | 54.75 | 55.06 | 11.9M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 58.68 | 59.82 | 58.28 | 59.62 | 11.5M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32.47 | 32.92 | 32.34 | 32.50 | 11.5M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 93.29 | 93.37 | 90.10 | 91.47 | 11.4M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.00 | 22.13 | 21.88 | 21.98 | 11.4M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 70.82 | 71.41 | 70.77 | 71.33 | 10.8M |
| Altria | MO | 21.47 | 21.80 | 21.32 | 21.60 | 10.1M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 31.94 | 33.10 | 31.13 | 33.01 | 9.85M |
| Merck | MRK | 36.06 | 36.65 | 36.06 | 36.16 | 8.9M |
| Boeing | BA | 64.77 | 65.33 | 63.82 | 64.45 | 7.67M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 506.99 | 510.66 | 505.50 | 510.15 | 7.08M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 88.28 | 89.53 | 86.26 | 86.40 | 6.87M |
| Visa | V | 75.99 | 76.53 | 74.83 | 75.79 | 6.5M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 70.20 | 70.43 | 69.77 | 70.20 | 5.64M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 127.07 | 127.19 | 125.35 | 126.36 | 5.57M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 56.77 | 56.91 | 55.67 | 56.26 | 5.48M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 64.13 | 64.35 | 63.23 | 63.63 | 5.17M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 78.02 | 78.44 | 76.58 | 76.87 | 4.6M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 66.35 | 67.30 | 66.03 | 66.80 | 4.45M |
| 3M | MMM | 73.09 | 74.10 | 73.09 | 73.49 | 4.41M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3905.00 | 4000.00 | 3896.00 | 4000.00 | 23.2K |
Exchange Rates of August 15th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 110.490 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.059 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.944 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.096 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.912 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.870 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 162.280 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.787 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.271 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.695 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.590 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.555 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.643 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.610 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.621 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.485 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.063 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.044 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.958 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.958 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.044 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0.992 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.008 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.154 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.464 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.976 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.506 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.044 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.489 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.917 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.091 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.949 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.054 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.035 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.967 CAD |
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