Financial news on August 16th, 2012
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| FB | 20.44 | 20.48 | 19.69 | 19.87 | 158M | |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18.63 | 19.14 | 18.57 | 19.02 | 152M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 30.36 | 30.94 | 30.26 | 30.78 | 35.8M |
| General Electric | GE | 20.87 | 21.14 | 20.82 | 21.05 | 33.6M |
| Intel | INTC | 26.44 | 26.65 | 26.34 | 26.59 | 25.7M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 37.08 | 37.32 | 36.63 | 37.24 | 23.1M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 24.07 | 24.08 | 23.83 | 24.02 | 21.3M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 31.64 | 32.21 | 31.54 | 32.03 | 20.3M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34.12 | 34.20 | 33.78 | 34.13 | 19.6M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 19.43 | 19.60 | 19.22 | 19.52 | 17.8M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 72.58 | 72.75 | 71.78 | 72.15 | 17.8M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 37.18 | 37.35 | 36.80 | 37.10 | 15.9M |
| General Motors | GM | 20.12 | 21.46 | 20.12 | 21.33 | 14.4M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 68.44 | 68.45 | 68.02 | 68.20 | 13.5M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 88.19 | 88.87 | 87.96 | 88.67 | 11.3M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 34.35 | 34.39 | 34.06 | 34.14 | 10.2M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 66.58 | 67.00 | 66.45 | 67.00 | 10.2M |
| Home Depot | HD | 55.00 | 56.47 | 54.97 | 56.31 | 10.2M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 56.93 | 58.00 | 56.31 | 56.69 | 9.98M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 31.86 | 32.07 | 31.75 | 31.92 | 9.92M |
| Apple | AAPL | 631.21 | 636.76 | 630.50 | 636.34 | 9.09M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 39.40 | 39.63 | 39.31 | 39.55 | 8.82M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 72.44 | 73.61 | 72.40 | 73.58 | 8.72M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 44.11 | 44.20 | 43.78 | 44.12 | 8.71M |
| Merck | MRK | 44.02 | 44.16 | 43.85 | 43.94 | 8.4M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 49.99 | 50.42 | 49.80 | 50.25 | 8.29M |
| Altria | MO | 35.08 | 35.40 | 35.00 | 35.40 | 6.58M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 52.84 | 53.53 | 52.78 | 53.39 | 5.6M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 66.33 | 66.50 | 66.00 | 66.43 | 5.58M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 87.94 | 88.05 | 87.44 | 87.46 | 5.57M |
| Chevron | CVX | 112.72 | 113.59 | 112.10 | 113.32 | 5.39M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 74.02 | 75.11 | 73.56 | 74.98 | 5.3M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 57.29 | 57.68 | 57.22 | 57.55 | 5.07M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 237.72 | 242.83 | 236.20 | 241.55 | 4.31M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 77.42 | 79.11 | 77.42 | 78.77 | 3.66M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 83.61 | 83.84 | 82.77 | 83.10 | 3.61M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 667.51 | 674.64 | 667.08 | 672.87 | 3.43M |
| 3M | MMM | 92.75 | 93.87 | 92.21 | 93.74 | 3.4M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 84.79 | 85.50 | 84.53 | 85.22 | 3.31M |
| Boeing | BA | 73.10 | 73.75 | 73.02 | 73.64 | 2.8M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 198.77 | 201.32 | 198.12 | 200.84 | 2.73M |
| Visa | V | 128.70 | 129.95 | 128.70 | 129.68 | 2.28M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 123.44 | 125.33 | 123.35 | 124.92 | 1.98M |
Exchange Rates of August 16th, 2012
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 79.330 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.013 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.986 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.014 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.972 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.029 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.366 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 98.010 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.785 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.274 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.175 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.851 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.219 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.820 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.201 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.833 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 7.868 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.127 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.801 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.249 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.198 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.835 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.243 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.805 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.225 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.816 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.496 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.668 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.552 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.644 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.529 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.654 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.018 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.100 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1.037 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.964 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1.022 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.979 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.694 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.149 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.985 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.015 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.454 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.550 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.153 CHF |
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