Financial news on December 16th, 2008
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 17.13 | 18.13 | 17.01 | 17.92 | 119M |
| Intel | INTC | 14.72 | 15.68 | 14.62 | 15.64 | 101M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 19.21 | 20.18 | 19.00 | 20.11 | 97.7M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 17.04 | 17.45 | 16.69 | 17.42 | 77.8M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 29.01 | 32.75 | 28.84 | 32.35 | 75.8M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 16.75 | 17.57 | 16.74 | 17.36 | 66.5M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 26.47 | 29.82 | 26.45 | 29.78 | 64.9M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 80.41 | 83.64 | 80.07 | 83.14 | 58.5M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 16.62 | 17.40 | 16.51 | 17.27 | 57.3M |
| Altria | MO | 15.29 | 15.36 | 14.42 | 14.54 | 50.8M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 27.25 | 28.40 | 27.06 | 28.23 | 44.7M |
| Apple | AAPL | 93.98 | 96.48 | 92.75 | 95.43 | 39.1M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 15.45 | 16.50 | 15.43 | 16.45 | 31.9M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 32.75 | 34.30 | 32.25 | 33.50 | 30.8M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.23 | 22.87 | 22.08 | 22.50 | 29.2M |
| Home Depot | HD | 23.73 | 24.59 | 22.88 | 24.32 | 26.2M |
| Chevron | CVX | 78.95 | 80.06 | 77.96 | 79.01 | 23.3M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 55.01 | 55.97 | 54.14 | 55.24 | 23M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 23.04 | 24.17 | 22.57 | 23.78 | 22.3M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 52.03 | 53.44 | 51.67 | 53.16 | 20.1M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 35.33 | 36.55 | 34.94 | 36.32 | 19.5M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 58.45 | 59.75 | 57.63 | 59.60 | 17.9M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 52.71 | 54.36 | 52.30 | 54.13 | 17.8M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 59.90 | 61.75 | 59.58 | 61.62 | 17.8M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 45.27 | 46.79 | 44.73 | 46.46 | 17.5M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 43.62 | 43.90 | 41.15 | 42.88 | 15.9M |
| Merck | MRK | 27.05 | 28.10 | 26.48 | 27.91 | 15.8M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 45.22 | 47.95 | 45.22 | 47.87 | 14.2M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 314.52 | 329.50 | 311.27 | 325.28 | 14.1M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 61.14 | 63.00 | 60.91 | 62.92 | 13.5M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 23.06 | 24.89 | 22.50 | 24.35 | 11.9M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 83.11 | 86.84 | 82.87 | 86.40 | 11.6M |
| Boeing | BA | 39.21 | 42.00 | 38.20 | 41.90 | 11M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 52.91 | 54.42 | 52.51 | 54.21 | 9.41M |
| 3M | MMM | 55.57 | 58.60 | 55.31 | 58.32 | 9.33M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 50.65 | 51.82 | 49.08 | 51.67 | 9.02M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 57.89 | 59.50 | 57.84 | 59.38 | 8.88M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 49.62 | 52.96 | 49.29 | 52.63 | 8.86M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 43.97 | 47.45 | 43.97 | 46.90 | 7.87M |
| Visa | V | 53.30 | 54.78 | 52.74 | 54.77 | 7.68M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3170.00 | 3342.00 | 3166.00 | 3328.00 | 43.1K |
Exchange Rates of December 16th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 89.040 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.205 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.830 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.124 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.890 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.846 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 124.780 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.900 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.112 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 2.018 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.495 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.688 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.592 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.575 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.635 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.607 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.104 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.721 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.388 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.617 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.619 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.353 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.739 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.262 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.793 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.242 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.446 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.876 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.533 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.751 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.571 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.646 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.094 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.836 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.197 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.780 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.283 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.760 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.210 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.932 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.073 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.682 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.176 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.089 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.164 CHF |
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