Financial news on August 17, 2007
Business and Financial news
Britain: Retail Sales Post Gain
Retail sales in Britain unexpectedly rose in July by the most in five months as price cuts by stores lured shoppers. Read more..
Error in Skype’s Software Shuts Down Phone Service
Skype’s 220 million users, some of them small businesses that had given up their landlines, were left without a way to call colleagues, customers and friends. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 23.95 | 24.00 | 23.34 | 23.70 | 94.4M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 30.01 | 30.46 | 29.56 | 29.99 | 78.5M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 28.09 | 28.25 | 27.82 | 28.25 | 76.7M |
| General Electric | GE | 38.11 | 38.64 | 37.72 | 38.45 | 62.4M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 48.08 | 48.29 | 46.15 | 47.01 | 57.9M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 37.04 | 37.99 | 35.91 | 37.24 | 49.8M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 23.77 | 24.00 | 23.58 | 23.94 | 48.2M |
| Apple | AAPL | 122.01 | 123.50 | 119.82 | 122.06 | 42.7M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19.32 | 19.55 | 19.01 | 19.35 | 36.2M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 82.29 | 84.78 | 81.98 | 84.14 | 36.1M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 25.77 | 25.83 | 24.78 | 25.25 | 36M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 38.72 | 39.12 | 37.75 | 39.05 | 35.5M |
| Home Depot | HD | 33.84 | 34.14 | 32.95 | 33.31 | 30.6M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 44.69 | 44.70 | 43.19 | 43.49 | 30.4M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 47.80 | 48.25 | 46.32 | 47.15 | 29.6M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 27.73 | 27.90 | 26.38 | 27.66 | 20.2M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 41.99 | 42.00 | 39.92 | 40.80 | 20.1M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 64.90 | 65.45 | 64.17 | 65.35 | 20M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 78.90 | 80.00 | 78.07 | 79.13 | 19.6M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62.49 | 62.98 | 61.35 | 62.02 | 18.3M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 49.59 | 50.10 | 48.30 | 50.08 | 17.6M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.19 | 53.75 | 51.75 | 52.73 | 16.5M |
| Merck | MRK | 50.08 | 50.26 | 48.60 | 49.62 | 16.4M |
| Chevron | CVX | 83.50 | 85.10 | 82.74 | 84.36 | 16.2M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33.38 | 33.55 | 32.30 | 32.68 | 16M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 111.90 | 112.67 | 108.66 | 110.90 | 15.3M |
| Altria | MO | 67.40 | 68.47 | 66.76 | 67.59 | 14.6M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 54.93 | 56.85 | 53.16 | 54.45 | 14.2M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 88.00 | 91.26 | 87.01 | 88.56 | 13.1M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 49.16 | 49.20 | 47.33 | 47.57 | 12.2M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 496.21 | 501.00 | 491.65 | 500.04 | 10.9M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 49.44 | 49.87 | 48.90 | 49.80 | 9.52M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 69.68 | 69.82 | 68.28 | 69.38 | 8.67M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 37.61 | 38.32 | 37.15 | 38.00 | 8.6M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 72.54 | 74.22 | 71.56 | 73.82 | 8.43M |
| Boeing | BA | 94.79 | 97.73 | 94.65 | 95.93 | 8.42M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 74.49 | 75.04 | 73.11 | 75.02 | 7.24M |
| 3M | MMM | 87.00 | 89.11 | 86.03 | 87.83 | 6.14M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 108.52 | 109.12 | 103.01 | 105.93 | 3.99M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3775.00 | 3950.00 | 3765.00 | 3948.00 | 25.8K |
Exchange Rates of August 17, 2007
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 114.370 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.060 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.944 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.208 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.828 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.595 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.132 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 154.150 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.680 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.471 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.689 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.592 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.428 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.700 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.628 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.614 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.441 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.268 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.095 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.913 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.926 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.080 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.056 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.947 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.484 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.403 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.100 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.476 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.393 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.418 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.845 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.184 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.963 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.039 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.139 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.878 CAD |
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