Financial news on October 16, 2013
Business and Financial news
Burberry design director Christopher Bailey will become chief executive, replacing Angela Ahrendts, who is leaving to join Apple. Read more..
Revenue for the third-quarter at Coke, the world’s largest soft drink company, declined 3 percent but the company expects its sales in emerging markets to grow. Read more..
An agreement by Britain cleared the way for rules placing big euro zone lenders under the supervision of the European Central Bank. Read more..
Teenagers will now be able to post items that can be seen by the public, making it easier for the social network to turn a post into an ad that can be shown widely. Read more..
Some business executives outside of the United States fear that, even with a debt-ceiling solution, the world economy may suffer damage that may not be easy to reverse. Read more..
Officials, brokers and developers are debating whether Indonesia's resurgent commercial and residential real estate markets are a cause for jubilation or concern; high rents and prices have been subject of particular scrutiny because real estate helped cause financial collapse in late 1990s and because currency has been one of hardest hit among emerging markets in recent months. Read more..
Notable properties that have been recently listed for sale, sold or leased. Read more..
Lawyer and writer Glenn Greenwald says he is leaving Guardian, British daily, for new journalistic venture; he provided biggest journalistic disclosure of year when he published revelations from Edward J Snowden about government surveillance. Read more..
Increasing number of Americans with deep pockets and traceable Irish roots pay cash to buy Irish castles and manor houses at bargain rates; many properties are being sold for about third of 2007 levels. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
FB | 50.04 | 51.24 | 49.90 | 51.14 | 64.7M | |
Intel | INTC | 23.26 | 23.74 | 23.22 | 23.70 | 47.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.22 | 23.30 | 22.81 | 23.00 | 40.5M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 34.60 | 34.90 | 34.56 | 34.64 | 35.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 29.26 | 29.81 | 29.19 | 29.80 | 31.5M |
General Electric | GE | 24.35 | 24.40 | 24.13 | 24.36 | 30.2M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 41.91 | 42.63 | 41.75 | 42.21 | 25.9M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 52.61 | 54.05 | 52.58 | 54.00 | 24.9M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 46.60 | 47.44 | 46.40 | 47.25 | 18.9M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 33.90 | 34.20 | 33.89 | 34.20 | 18.7M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 38.01 | 38.24 | 37.78 | 38.00 | 18M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 22.93 | 23.35 | 22.81 | 23.28 | 17.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 34.35 | 36.07 | 34.24 | 35.90 | 17M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 32.91 | 33.20 | 32.89 | 33.02 | 16.4M |
General Motors | GM | 35.02 | 35.21 | 34.78 | 35.13 | 15.5M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 46.73 | 47.13 | 46.46 | 46.98 | 15.2M |
Home Depot | HD | 75.44 | 75.59 | 74.57 | 74.94 | 12.9M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 87.48 | 87.86 | 86.72 | 87.31 | 11.7M |
Merck | MRK | 46.61 | 47.17 | 46.57 | 47.17 | 11.1M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 90.93 | 92.40 | 90.85 | 92.18 | 9.08M |
Apple | AAPL | 500.79 | 502.53 | 499.23 | 501.11 | 8.97M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 64.06 | 65.74 | 63.85 | 65.65 | 8.34M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 90.42 | 91.17 | 90.16 | 91.11 | 8.12M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 66.64 | 66.86 | 66.13 | 66.35 | 7.72M |
Pepsico | PEP | 82.00 | 82.40 | 81.38 | 82.27 | 7.38M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 47.85 | 48.88 | 47.70 | 48.80 | 7.09M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 185.42 | 186.73 | 184.99 | 186.73 | 6.72M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 77.35 | 78.49 | 77.26 | 78.34 | 6.56M |
Altria | MO | 35.40 | 35.70 | 35.34 | 35.69 | 6.21M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 74.81 | 75.62 | 74.57 | 75.60 | 5.91M |
Chevron | CVX | 119.42 | 119.72 | 118.34 | 119.16 | 5.61M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 72.32 | 73.09 | 72.20 | 72.96 | 5.53M |
McDonald's | MCD | 94.30 | 95.24 | 94.14 | 95.22 | 4.71M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 74.50 | 75.49 | 74.38 | 75.19 | 4.37M |
Boeing | BA | 118.78 | 120.66 | 118.75 | 120.34 | 4.04M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 885.87 | 898.33 | 884.01 | 898.03 | 4.01M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 115.20 | 116.79 | 114.97 | 116.69 | 3.74M |
Amgen | AMGN | 112.42 | 114.85 | 112.35 | 114.28 | 3.54M |
United Technologies | UTX | 106.51 | 107.14 | 105.97 | 106.43 | 3.25M |
3M | MMM | 120.86 | 120.94 | 120.14 | 120.94 | 2.65M |
Visa | V | 192.42 | 195.81 | 191.84 | 195.63 | 2.6M |
Amazon | AMZN | 308.38 | 310.80 | 305.55 | 310.49 | 2.17M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 157.15 | 157.99 | 155.91 | 157.16 | 1.81M |
Exchange Rates of October 16, 2013
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 98.760 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.033 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.969 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.913 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.095 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.100 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.164 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 133.710 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.848 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.179 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.416 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.706 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.398 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.716 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.236 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.809 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.256 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.121 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.634 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.577 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.058 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.945 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.045 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.957 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0.924 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.082 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.668 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.599 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.647 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.607 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.457 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.686 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.730 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.103 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.987 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.013 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.873 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.146 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.832 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.171 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.884 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.131 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.906 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.169 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.677 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.150 CHF |
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