Financial news on August 17th, 2012
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| FB | 20.01 | 20.08 | 19.00 | 19.05 | 129M | |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19.03 | 19.23 | 18.96 | 19.06 | 55.7M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 30.92 | 30.92 | 30.59 | 30.90 | 32.6M |
| Intel | INTC | 26.57 | 26.63 | 26.21 | 26.33 | 30.4M |
| General Electric | GE | 21.10 | 21.10 | 20.94 | 21.00 | 30M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 24.07 | 24.07 | 23.67 | 23.79 | 29.2M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 32.09 | 32.30 | 31.91 | 32.20 | 20.8M |
| General Motors | GM | 21.35 | 22.14 | 21.34 | 22.01 | 18M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 37.28 | 37.29 | 37.06 | 37.17 | 17.8M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 37.20 | 37.20 | 36.80 | 36.98 | 17.1M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34.25 | 34.30 | 33.96 | 34.03 | 16.9M |
| Apple | AAPL | 640.00 | 648.19 | 638.81 | 648.11 | 15.8M |
| Merck | MRK | 44.04 | 44.04 | 43.09 | 43.34 | 14.8M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 19.52 | 19.53 | 19.26 | 19.52 | 14.6M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 32.02 | 32.07 | 31.47 | 31.57 | 13.7M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 68.12 | 68.18 | 67.51 | 67.80 | 12M |
| Home Depot | HD | 56.26 | 57.18 | 56.07 | 56.73 | 11.3M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 88.89 | 88.91 | 88.16 | 88.40 | 11.2M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 34.28 | 34.28 | 33.89 | 34.02 | 10.6M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 39.66 | 39.73 | 39.27 | 39.53 | 10.5M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 72.41 | 72.69 | 71.84 | 71.99 | 9.73M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 44.19 | 44.23 | 43.97 | 44.06 | 9.49M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 66.87 | 67.30 | 66.63 | 67.00 | 9.39M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 66.59 | 66.59 | 65.69 | 65.92 | 8.46M |
| Altria | MO | 35.37 | 35.44 | 35.17 | 35.41 | 7.33M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 56.93 | 57.25 | 56.16 | 56.75 | 6.74M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 87.68 | 87.86 | 87.28 | 87.36 | 6.7M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 50.35 | 50.55 | 50.26 | 50.46 | 6.35M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 73.57 | 73.65 | 73.12 | 73.39 | 6.2M |
| Chevron | CVX | 113.31 | 113.57 | 112.51 | 112.66 | 5.64M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 57.74 | 57.77 | 57.25 | 57.39 | 5.18M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 75.13 | 75.24 | 74.53 | 74.78 | 5.11M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 79.45 | 80.40 | 79.00 | 80.37 | 4.88M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 53.64 | 53.64 | 52.88 | 53.13 | 4.65M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 674.12 | 677.25 | 671.70 | 677.14 | 4.35M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 83.46 | 83.57 | 82.27 | 83.38 | 4.06M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 85.48 | 85.87 | 85.20 | 85.87 | 3.61M |
| Boeing | BA | 73.69 | 73.98 | 73.40 | 73.91 | 3.24M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 240.60 | 243.35 | 240.47 | 241.17 | 3.09M |
| 3M | MMM | 93.93 | 94.30 | 93.59 | 94.24 | 3.07M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 201.08 | 202.00 | 200.66 | 201.22 | 2.55M |
| Visa | V | 129.99 | 130.04 | 128.29 | 128.69 | 2.4M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 124.90 | 125.54 | 124.37 | 125.01 | 1.46M |
Exchange Rates of August 17th, 2012
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 79.500 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.013 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.988 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.012 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.974 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.027 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.358 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 98.100 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.785 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.274 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.181 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.847 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.220 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.820 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.201 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.833 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 7.843 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.128 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.800 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.250 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.206 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.829 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.243 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.805 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.224 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.817 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.504 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.665 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.551 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.645 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.528 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.654 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.983 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.100 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1.031 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.970 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1.016 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.984 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.639 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.151 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.985 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.016 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.435 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.530 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.153 CHF |
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