Financial news on October 16th, 2008
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 22.94 | 24.19 | 21.31 | 24.19 | 161M |
| General Electric | GE | 19.51 | 19.96 | 18.31 | 19.89 | 151M |
| Intel | INTC | 15.23 | 15.97 | 14.48 | 15.88 | 121M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 16.98 | 17.75 | 16.20 | 17.75 | 104M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 16.55 | 16.99 | 15.61 | 16.97 | 81.9M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 63.31 | 69.68 | 59.17 | 69.45 | 78.1M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 39.02 | 41.00 | 36.31 | 40.49 | 75.1M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 32.89 | 34.31 | 30.04 | 33.90 | 74M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 16.15 | 16.99 | 15.31 | 16.99 | 70.8M |
| Apple | AAPL | 99.77 | 103.43 | 91.74 | 101.89 | 70.7M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 24.91 | 25.75 | 23.91 | 25.46 | 51.2M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 50.57 | 55.02 | 48.73 | 54.62 | 47.4M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 14.29 | 15.41 | 13.84 | 15.36 | 42.9M |
| Home Depot | HD | 19.50 | 20.01 | 18.02 | 19.70 | 38.4M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.03 | 56.00 | 51.05 | 55.38 | 36.4M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.74 | 63.98 | 58.31 | 63.50 | 34.6M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 49.95 | 52.62 | 45.30 | 51.94 | 34.2M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 55.90 | 57.30 | 49.72 | 53.20 | 33.1M |
| Altria | MO | 18.71 | 19.31 | 17.63 | 19.00 | 32.7M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 332.76 | 356.50 | 309.44 | 353.02 | 32.4M |
| Chevron | CVX | 60.66 | 64.39 | 55.62 | 63.10 | 31.8M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 38.64 | 39.84 | 37.06 | 39.66 | 29.1M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 59.91 | 62.25 | 57.12 | 61.77 | 27.6M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 44.80 | 45.91 | 42.13 | 45.78 | 26.5M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 17.40 | 17.50 | 16.58 | 17.26 | 26.5M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 26.61 | 27.71 | 25.18 | 27.41 | 24.6M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 46.40 | 50.70 | 43.39 | 50.29 | 22.1M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 23.37 | 24.60 | 22.07 | 24.27 | 21.4M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 23.62 | 24.00 | 20.70 | 22.63 | 20.1M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 51.39 | 53.25 | 50.66 | 53.08 | 19.7M |
| Merck | MRK | 27.26 | 28.30 | 25.60 | 28.19 | 19.6M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 52.02 | 55.27 | 50.80 | 54.46 | 17.3M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 39.19 | 41.66 | 37.00 | 41.39 | 17.1M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 89.38 | 92.00 | 84.35 | 91.52 | 16.3M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 49.70 | 53.47 | 47.63 | 52.88 | 16.1M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 47.91 | 50.89 | 46.63 | 50.80 | 15.2M |
| Visa | V | 50.15 | 53.33 | 48.04 | 53.07 | 14M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 54.24 | 56.23 | 51.24 | 55.34 | 12.7M |
| Boeing | BA | 42.64 | 45.00 | 39.99 | 44.79 | 11.8M |
| 3M | MMM | 54.76 | 57.79 | 52.34 | 57.27 | 10.5M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3780.00 | 3789.00 | 3631.00 | 3765.00 | 40.3K |
Exchange Rates of October 16th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 101.660 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.179 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.848 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.135 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.881 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.834 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 137.020 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.778 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.285 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.956 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.511 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.589 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.629 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.530 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.654 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.215 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.109 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.568 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.762 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.426 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.701 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.159 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.863 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.116 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.896 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.512 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.398 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.041 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.490 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.965 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.509 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.811 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.232 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.782 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.279 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.703 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.213 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.962 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.039 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.798 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.172 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.018 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.166 CHF |
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