Financial news on August 17th, 2006
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 18.68 | 18.70 | 18.34 | 18.56 | 63.9M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 36.00 | 36.73 | 34.75 | 35.15 | 57.6M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 15.42 | 15.95 | 15.41 | 15.81 | 46.4M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 24.70 | 24.75 | 24.61 | 24.70 | 45.7M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 20.99 | 21.14 | 20.72 | 20.85 | 43.9M |
| Merck | MRK | 41.30 | 41.73 | 38.00 | 38.83 | 36.6M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 26.70 | 27.12 | 26.70 | 27.00 | 30.3M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 67.02 | 68.16 | 67.01 | 68.08 | 28.6M |
| Apple | AAPL | 68.00 | 68.66 | 67.18 | 67.59 | 20.8M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.25 | 21.56 | 21.02 | 21.48 | 18.7M |
| General Electric | GE | 33.70 | 34.00 | 33.65 | 33.92 | 17.5M |
| Home Depot | HD | 34.50 | 35.10 | 34.40 | 34.72 | 13.2M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 49.09 | 49.25 | 48.63 | 49.13 | 13.1M |
| Altria | MO | 80.70 | 81.52 | 79.87 | 80.75 | 12.4M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 44.50 | 45.00 | 44.33 | 44.63 | 12.4M |
| Chevron | CVX | 64.82 | 66.17 | 64.82 | 66.15 | 12M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 34.08 | 34.66 | 33.93 | 34.54 | 11.1M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 34.20 | 34.43 | 33.86 | 34.23 | 10.9M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 386.39 | 390.00 | 383.92 | 385.80 | 10.2M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 27.96 | 29.75 | 27.83 | 29.09 | 9.5M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 66.03 | 66.60 | 65.64 | 66.28 | 9.49M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 30.25 | 30.48 | 30.10 | 30.45 | 9.4M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.66 | 64.68 | 64.13 | 64.23 | 8.48M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 66.92 | 67.67 | 66.49 | 66.92 | 7.22M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 60.14 | 60.64 | 60.14 | 60.34 | 6.59M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 62.55 | 63.31 | 61.68 | 62.31 | 6.38M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.60 | 30.00 | 29.56 | 29.90 | 6.19M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 45.28 | 45.68 | 45.25 | 45.46 | 6.16M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 78.93 | 79.56 | 78.53 | 79.37 | 5.54M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.34 | 35.39 | 35.06 | 35.25 | 5.34M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 48.14 | 49.38 | 48.12 | 49.04 | 5.23M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 63.20 | 63.29 | 62.42 | 62.66 | 4.79M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 44.16 | 44.32 | 43.95 | 44.18 | 4.76M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 36.02 | 36.25 | 35.92 | 36.24 | 4.14M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 64.16 | 64.99 | 63.88 | 63.98 | 3.63M |
| 3M | MMM | 70.79 | 71.57 | 70.50 | 71.20 | 3.17M |
| Boeing | BA | 78.83 | 79.43 | 77.88 | 78.59 | 2.89M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 61.79 | 62.29 | 61.57 | 61.95 | 2.37M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 84.30 | 85.21 | 83.87 | 84.30 | 1.34M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3132.00 | 3159.00 | 3122.00 | 3140.00 | 15.7K |
Exchange Rates of August 17th, 2006
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 116.050 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.123 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.891 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.232 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.812 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.979 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 148.860 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.680 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.471 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.684 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.594 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.440 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.695 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.581 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.633 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.457 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.190 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.131 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.884 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.967 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.034 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.062 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.942 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.476 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.404 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.117 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.472 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.323 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.430 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.854 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.170 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.938 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.066 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.097 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.911 CAD |
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