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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