Financial news on June 16, 2009
Business and Financial news
Boeing Executive Sees Airline Traffic Recovery in 2010
The head of the company’s commercial jet division said that airline traffic could resume growing next year, but that risks remained in air freight. Read more..
Work-Sharing May Help Companies Avoid Layoffs
A new program aims to help employers avoid layoffs by reducing their workers’ hours and pay. For employees, state unemployment funds help make up the difference. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 23.47 | 24.11 | 23.44 | 23.45 | 105M |
| General Electric | GE | 13.18 | 13.23 | 12.72 | 12.78 | 91.4M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 24.30 | 25.11 | 24.30 | 24.40 | 62.2M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 34.27 | 34.39 | 33.38 | 33.50 | 56.3M |
| Intel | INTC | 16.05 | 16.19 | 15.80 | 15.86 | 54.1M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 14.21 | 14.46 | 14.11 | 14.16 | 45.7M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19.42 | 19.48 | 19.03 | 19.08 | 45.4M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20.18 | 20.27 | 19.68 | 19.69 | 41.4M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 24.36 | 24.55 | 24.09 | 24.22 | 30.5M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 13.84 | 13.98 | 13.44 | 13.53 | 27.9M |
| Merck | MRK | 25.01 | 25.20 | 24.37 | 24.43 | 26.8M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 73.34 | 73.43 | 71.58 | 71.63 | 24.2M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 43.92 | 44.22 | 43.08 | 43.27 | 21.7M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.51 | 48.62 | 48.05 | 48.25 | 20.7M |
| Apple | AAPL | 136.66 | 138.47 | 136.10 | 136.35 | 18.4M |
| Home Depot | HD | 23.86 | 23.98 | 23.17 | 23.20 | 17M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 44.70 | 45.22 | 44.22 | 44.73 | 16.3M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 51.61 | 51.61 | 50.03 | 50.10 | 15.7M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.86 | 29.86 | 29.50 | 29.54 | 15.5M |
| Altria | MO | 16.56 | 16.63 | 16.26 | 16.26 | 15.3M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 23.65 | 24.89 | 23.27 | 24.02 | 14.2M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 37.24 | 37.33 | 36.67 | 36.84 | 14M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 24.31 | 24.43 | 23.37 | 23.49 | 13.3M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 55.01 | 55.32 | 54.59 | 54.62 | 12.6M |
| Chevron | CVX | 71.70 | 71.72 | 69.83 | 69.88 | 11.3M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 50.21 | 51.63 | 49.98 | 51.21 | 10.9M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 19.50 | 19.58 | 19.28 | 19.38 | 9.13M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 59.51 | 59.79 | 56.79 | 56.97 | 9.05M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 57.91 | 57.91 | 56.82 | 57.07 | 8.71M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 48.19 | 48.33 | 47.82 | 47.83 | 7.93M |
| Visa | V | 65.10 | 65.10 | 62.12 | 62.46 | 7.45M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 108.47 | 109.14 | 107.27 | 107.32 | 7.23M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 44.07 | 44.72 | 43.93 | 44.16 | 6.83M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 53.06 | 53.30 | 52.20 | 52.34 | 6.48M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 419.31 | 421.09 | 415.42 | 416.00 | 6.09M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 54.75 | 55.28 | 54.35 | 54.58 | 6.05M |
| Boeing | BA | 49.57 | 50.15 | 48.70 | 48.83 | 5.73M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 83.70 | 83.95 | 81.28 | 82.15 | 5.47M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 51.88 | 53.18 | 51.54 | 51.69 | 3.82M |
| 3M | MMM | 59.41 | 59.57 | 58.25 | 58.41 | 3.79M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2935.00 | 2943.00 | 2898.50 | 2911.00 | 19.6K |
Exchange Rates of June 16, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 96.370 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.135 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.881 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.089 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.919 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.835 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 133.350 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.844 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.185 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.745 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.573 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.570 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.637 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.506 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.664 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.454 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.106 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.632 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.581 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.308 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.764 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.177 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.849 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.129 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.886 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.069 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.483 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.861 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.537 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.785 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.560 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.193 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.089 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.899 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.112 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.862 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.160 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.418 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.185 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.959 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.043 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.020 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.166 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.275 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.159 CHF |
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