Financial news on December 15th, 2009
Business and Financial news
Abu Dhabi Tightens Its Grip as It Offers Help to Dubai
Dubai’s credit woes have given Abu Dhabi an opening to assert more control over its reeling neighbor. Abu Dhabi offered Dubai $10 billion lifeline on Monday. Read more..
Cadbury Moves to Fend Off a Hostile Bid by Kraft Foods
The British chocolate maker called the American company’s offer “derisory” and said it had no merit because it would be a drag on growth. Read more..
Obama Presses Biggest Banks to Lend More
As banks rushed to repay bailout money, they were in a stronger position to resist government demands that they change their practices. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 26,02 | 26,32 | 25,00 | 25,66 | 255M |
| General Electric | GE | 15,83 | 16,02 | 15,65 | 15,75 | 79.2M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 69,97 | 70,11 | 68,82 | 69,17 | 54.4M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25,76 | 25,93 | 25,45 | 25,74 | 53.9M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23,81 | 23,90 | 23,47 | 23,48 | 52.4M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 29,89 | 30,21 | 29,88 | 30,02 | 49.5M |
| Intel | INTC | 19,84 | 20,06 | 19,68 | 19,80 | 43.1M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41,50 | 41,70 | 40,62 | 40,86 | 40.2M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 18,26 | 18,46 | 18,16 | 18,29 | 34.6M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 30,90 | 31,38 | 30,88 | 31,32 | 29M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 23,11 | 23,46 | 23,06 | 23,16 | 24.7M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 33,64 | 33,70 | 32,86 | 33,01 | 22M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 27,91 | 28,00 | 27,49 | 27,60 | 21.4M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 50,52 | 51,25 | 50,33 | 50,99 | 18.5M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 17,36 | 17,67 | 17,29 | 17,57 | 18.3M |
| Home Depot | HD | 28,61 | 29,21 | 28,61 | 29,02 | 17M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53,96 | 54,07 | 53,49 | 53,98 | 15.2M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31,70 | 32,33 | 31,61 | 32,18 | 15.2M |
| Apple | AAPL | 195,83 | 197,51 | 193,27 | 194,17 | 15M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 45,90 | 46,28 | 44,83 | 45,31 | 14.7M |
| Merck | MRK | 37,67 | 38,00 | 37,27 | 38,00 | 12.9M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 62,70 | 62,82 | 61,89 | 62,12 | 11.4M |
| Altria | MO | 19,65 | 19,78 | 19,48 | 19,70 | 11.4M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64,73 | 64,80 | 64,45 | 64,74 | 10.7M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 50,61 | 51,12 | 50,35 | 50,66 | 10.3M |
| Chevron | CVX | 77,02 | 77,97 | 77,01 | 77,37 | 10.3M |
| Visa | V | 84,23 | 86,20 | 83,90 | 86,14 | 9.51M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53,78 | 54,22 | 53,52 | 53,99 | 9.2M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 129,46 | 129,86 | 127,94 | 128,49 | 7.86M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 61,01 | 61,39 | 60,40 | 60,99 | 7.66M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 59,15 | 59,19 | 58,85 | 59,06 | 7.65M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 130,76 | 132,46 | 129,59 | 130,23 | 7.43M |
| Boeing | BA | 56,37 | 56,37 | 55,33 | 55,67 | 7.36M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 62,12 | 63,09 | 61,75 | 62,24 | 6.61M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 69,78 | 70,30 | 69,36 | 70,25 | 5.47M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 56,59 | 56,79 | 55,55 | 55,75 | 5.33M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 62,24 | 62,43 | 61,89 | 62,00 | 4.95M |
| 3M | MMM | 82,10 | 82,93 | 81,54 | 82,70 | 4.63M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 593,30 | 596,38 | 590,99 | 593,14 | 4.56M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 65,01 | 65,29 | 64,50 | 64,91 | 2.67M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3308,00 | 3325,00 | 3289,00 | 3310,00 | 57.8K |
Exchange Rates of December 15th, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 89,630 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,061 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,942 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,040 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,961 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,828 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 130,290 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,893 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,119 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,604 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,623 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,542 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,648 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,512 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,661 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,925 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,101 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,686 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,458 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,231 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,813 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,184 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,845 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,161 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,862 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,795 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,557 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,726 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,579 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,692 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,591 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11,101 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,090 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,961 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,040 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,943 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,061 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6,186 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,162 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,980 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,020 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,432 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,155 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,562 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,152 CHF |
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