Financial news on May 15, 2008
Business and Financial news
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 23.91 | 24.99 | 23.85 | 24.97 | 77.4M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 25.68 | 26.56 | 25.64 | 26.50 | 55.9M |
| General Electric | GE | 32.71 | 32.71 | 32.17 | 32.37 | 54.4M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 29.95 | 30.53 | 29.94 | 30.45 | 53.4M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 20.06 | 20.10 | 19.93 | 20.08 | 36.1M |
| Apple | AAPL | 186.78 | 189.90 | 184.20 | 189.73 | 31.2M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 45.87 | 47.07 | 45.28 | 46.73 | 28.7M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 90.33 | 91.30 | 89.96 | 91.30 | 28.4M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28.96 | 29.60 | 28.71 | 29.60 | 27.9M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 46.05 | 47.04 | 45.58 | 47.02 | 27.3M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21.62 | 21.91 | 21.54 | 21.87 | 21.7M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 39.71 | 39.98 | 39.33 | 39.86 | 21.1M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 22.24 | 22.58 | 21.96 | 22.54 | 20.7M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.82 | 22.01 | 21.60 | 21.97 | 17.4M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 89.42 | 89.89 | 87.81 | 89.31 | 17.1M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 57.57 | 57.57 | 56.65 | 57.12 | 16.7M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 32.10 | 32.23 | 31.49 | 31.70 | 16M |
| Altria | MO | 22.02 | 22.38 | 22.00 | 22.34 | 16M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.97 | 55.17 | 54.27 | 54.87 | 15.1M |
| Merck | MRK | 39.93 | 40.09 | 39.47 | 40.00 | 13.7M |
| Chevron | CVX | 98.60 | 98.60 | 97.41 | 98.49 | 13.4M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 38.93 | 38.99 | 38.40 | 38.90 | 12.9M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 65.40 | 66.37 | 65.12 | 66.36 | 11.9M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.65 | 35.00 | 34.52 | 34.99 | 11.4M |
| Home Depot | HD | 29.09 | 29.55 | 28.76 | 29.53 | 11M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 104.36 | 104.70 | 100.01 | 103.45 | 11M |
| Visa | V | 82.45 | 82.93 | 81.11 | 82.25 | 9.17M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 579.00 | 582.95 | 575.61 | 581.00 | 8.68M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66.85 | 66.99 | 66.34 | 66.68 | 8.41M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 56.50 | 57.17 | 56.26 | 57.01 | 8.25M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 41.97 | 42.26 | 41.72 | 42.05 | 7.28M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 127.06 | 128.68 | 126.90 | 128.46 | 7.23M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 73.89 | 76.32 | 73.55 | 76.12 | 6.92M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 67.35 | 68.34 | 67.12 | 68.07 | 6.55M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 60.40 | 60.88 | 59.66 | 60.86 | 6.11M |
| Boeing | BA | 85.71 | 86.14 | 85.00 | 85.55 | 6.01M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 52.40 | 53.37 | 52.13 | 52.95 | 5.57M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 74.90 | 75.02 | 74.06 | 74.29 | 4.93M |
| 3M | MMM | 77.70 | 78.12 | 77.18 | 77.86 | 3.47M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 150.33 | 152.38 | 148.37 | 152.00 | 2.51M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4140.00 | 4188.00 | 4046.00 | 4065.00 | 40.9K |
Exchange Rates of May 15, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 104.690 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.000 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.000 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.057 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.947 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.995 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.143 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 161.690 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.793 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.262 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.642 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.609 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.545 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.647 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.632 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.613 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.490 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.041 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.015 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.985 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.955 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.047 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.009 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.991 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.072 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.483 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.948 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.513 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.058 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.486 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.940 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.064 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.993 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.007 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.056 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.947 CAD |
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