Financial news on August 17, 1998
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 85,75 | 89,75 | 85,75 | 89,56 | 24M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 103,50 | 107,37 | 103,00 | 107,31 | 13.5M |
| Apple | AAPL | 41,00 | 42,81 | 39,88 | 41,94 | 8.31M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 96,00 | 98,19 | 95,50 | 98,13 | 7.62M |
| Altria | MO | 42,13 | 43,25 | 41,63 | 42,94 | 6.11M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 23,81 | 24,06 | 23,38 | 23,81 | 5.76M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 40,81 | 42,38 | 40,38 | 42,25 | 5.02M |
| General Electric | GE | 87,06 | 89,44 | 86,50 | 89,31 | 4.76M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 101,30 | 104,90 | 100,80 | 104,60 | 4.65M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31,56 | 32,25 | 31,13 | 32,19 | 4.44M |
| Home Depot | HD | 41,63 | 44,00 | 41,50 | 42,81 | 4.18M |
| Merck | MRK | 128,00 | 131,40 | 127,90 | 131,30 | 3.59M |
| Boeing | BA | 36,25 | 37,13 | 36,06 | 36,94 | 3.43M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 75,81 | 79,38 | 75,75 | 79,06 | 3.42M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 67,87 | 69,94 | 67,81 | 69,62 | 3.36M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 52,06 | 55,63 | 51,88 | 55,25 | 3.36M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 52,50 | 52,50 | 51,00 | 51,75 | 3.19M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 33,75 | 33,94 | 33,13 | 33,88 | 3.19M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 125,12 | 126,00 | 124,25 | 125,12 | 3.18M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 62,38 | 63,69 | 61,19 | 62,81 | 2.8M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 64,06 | 66,81 | 63,63 | 66,50 | 2.64M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 120,80 | 123,20 | 118,50 | 119,70 | 2.44M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 78,56 | 80,44 | 78,44 | 80,31 | 2.28M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 31,56 | 32,25 | 31,31 | 31,94 | 2.19M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 41,06 | 42,81 | 40,81 | 42,63 | 2.18M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 38,38 | 40,25 | 38,38 | 40,25 | 2.17M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 74,63 | 76,50 | 74,38 | 76,44 | 2.11M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 106,00 | 109,00 | 105,60 | 109,00 | 1.66M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 69,63 | 71,00 | 69,56 | 70,88 | 1.6M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 64,13 | 65,31 | 63,75 | 64,94 | 1.36M |
| Chevron | CVX | 80,00 | 81,38 | 79,38 | 81,06 | 1.31M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 38,44 | 38,50 | 37,63 | 37,63 | 1.22M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 31,89 | 32,70 | 31,89 | 32,70 | 1.17M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 44,75 | 46,63 | 44,06 | 46,44 | 944K |
| 3M | MMM | 75,38 | 76,13 | 74,94 | 76,06 | 883K |
| United Technologies | UTX | 87,38 | 89,44 | 86,75 | 89,44 | 681K |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 44,00 | 46,13 | 43,63 | 45,00 | 631K |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 23,25 | 23,50 | 22,88 | 23,16 | 351K |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2316,00 | 2326,00 | 2307,00 | 2323,00 | 4K |
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