Financial news on December 17th, 2012
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| FB | 26.77 | 27.00 | 26.32 | 26.75 | 57.7M | |
| General Electric | GE | 21.69 | 21.95 | 21.69 | 21.93 | 48.5M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19.88 | 20.14 | 19.80 | 20.11 | 46.9M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 33.25 | 34.45 | 33.25 | 34.38 | 43.5M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 26.79 | 27.22 | 26.68 | 27.10 | 42M |
| Intel | INTC | 20.55 | 20.69 | 20.36 | 20.57 | 35M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 14.72 | 14.83 | 14.10 | 14.21 | 30.9M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 25.17 | 25.47 | 25.15 | 25.36 | 28.6M |
| Apple | AAPL | 508.93 | 520.00 | 501.23 | 518.83 | 27.1M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 34.08 | 34.27 | 33.96 | 34.23 | 24.8M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 32.00 | 32.47 | 31.80 | 32.32 | 24M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43.00 | 43.51 | 42.81 | 43.48 | 23.9M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 37.79 | 37.82 | 37.38 | 37.50 | 17.6M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 65.58 | 65.69 | 65.03 | 65.20 | 16.7M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 88.36 | 88.94 | 88.10 | 88.87 | 15.7M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 36.72 | 37.57 | 36.52 | 37.54 | 15M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 70.84 | 71.18 | 70.78 | 70.94 | 14.3M |
| Merck | MRK | 43.63 | 43.84 | 43.51 | 43.63 | 13.3M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 44.25 | 44.30 | 43.86 | 44.12 | 12.6M |
| Altria | MO | 33.26 | 33.33 | 32.90 | 32.99 | 10.6M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 68.96 | 69.51 | 68.89 | 69.20 | 10.5M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 48.72 | 49.32 | 48.67 | 49.28 | 10.3M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 32.72 | 32.96 | 32.66 | 32.80 | 10.2M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 69.95 | 70.15 | 69.62 | 69.93 | 8.79M |
| Home Depot | HD | 62.15 | 63.34 | 61.99 | 63.31 | 8.19M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 69.23 | 69.92 | 69.02 | 69.68 | 7.85M |
| General Motors | GM | 24.67 | 24.90 | 24.65 | 24.85 | 7.13M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 54.08 | 54.55 | 53.98 | 54.36 | 6.34M |
| Chevron | CVX | 107.97 | 108.84 | 107.94 | 108.68 | 6.1M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 705.50 | 738.28 | 704.02 | 720.78 | 6.06M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 89.14 | 89.93 | 89.01 | 89.91 | 5.96M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 70.26 | 70.58 | 70.10 | 70.37 | 5.93M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 80.13 | 80.26 | 79.50 | 79.99 | 5.79M |
| Boeing | BA | 74.20 | 74.66 | 73.53 | 74.65 | 5.54M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 89.75 | 90.02 | 89.50 | 89.98 | 5.5M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 74.49 | 75.47 | 73.49 | 75.46 | 5.5M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 57.98 | 58.66 | 57.67 | 58.28 | 5.48M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 191.76 | 193.91 | 191.76 | 193.62 | 3.79M |
| Visa | V | 146.97 | 149.13 | 146.90 | 149.13 | 3.48M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 89.25 | 89.64 | 89.03 | 89.50 | 3.05M |
| 3M | MMM | 92.39 | 93.11 | 92.13 | 93.03 | 2.75M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 124.90 | 125.88 | 124.16 | 125.69 | 2.41M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 249.81 | 254.00 | 249.26 | 253.86 | 2.28M |
Exchange Rates of December 17th, 2012
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 83.850 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.012 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.984 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.017 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.917 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.090 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.237 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.160 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 110.410 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.812 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.231 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.247 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.802 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.295 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.772 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.208 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.828 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.213 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.122 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.735 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.360 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.129 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.886 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.172 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.853 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.094 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.914 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.535 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.652 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.593 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.628 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.487 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.673 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.112 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.099 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1.038 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.964 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.968 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.033 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.587 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.152 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.933 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.072 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.343 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.158 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.800 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.147 CHF |
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