Financial news on July 17th, 2007
Business and Financial news
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Toshiba is gaining momentum in the notebook computer market in the United States. Current Analysis West, a market analysis firm, says the Japanese electronics company sold 17.8 percent of all PCs, desktops and notebooks sold through retail outlets, in the second quarter. That’s up from 15 percent a year ago. Market leader Hewlett-Packard lost some […] Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 26.06 | 26.52 | 25.98 | 26.33 | 122M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 30.02 | 30.88 | 30.01 | 30.78 | 77.5M |
General Electric | GE | 40.12 | 40.95 | 40.00 | 40.71 | 58.1M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 29.85 | 29.98 | 29.60 | 29.73 | 37.5M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26.04 | 26.15 | 25.92 | 25.96 | 35.2M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62.88 | 63.52 | 62.28 | 62.74 | 27.6M |
Apple | AAPL | 138.30 | 139.60 | 137.50 | 138.91 | 25.4M |
Pepsico | PEP | 67.13 | 67.25 | 66.25 | 66.40 | 24.3M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 89.70 | 90.56 | 89.01 | 89.09 | 23.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20.25 | 20.47 | 20.21 | 20.38 | 21.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 40.04 | 40.18 | 39.78 | 39.84 | 19.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 87.75 | 88.40 | 85.64 | 85.98 | 18.9M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 49.95 | 50.48 | 49.83 | 49.92 | 18.3M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 54.33 | 54.38 | 52.81 | 53.17 | 16.5M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 27.74 | 28.22 | 27.67 | 28.18 | 16.2M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 42.66 | 42.75 | 42.09 | 42.26 | 16.1M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.80 | 35.98 | 35.40 | 35.59 | 15.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.76 | 48.88 | 48.30 | 48.35 | 14.1M |
Home Depot | HD | 40.47 | 40.58 | 40.10 | 40.15 | 13.9M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.04 | 63.46 | 62.68 | 62.68 | 13.8M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.50 | 53.67 | 53.15 | 53.39 | 12.3M |
Amgen | AMGN | 55.33 | 55.74 | 55.12 | 55.59 | 12M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 47.44 | 47.88 | 47.02 | 47.51 | 11.9M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.44 | 34.87 | 34.35 | 34.68 | 11.4M |
Chevron | CVX | 93.08 | 93.08 | 90.70 | 91.10 | 9.74M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 90.50 | 91.79 | 88.82 | 89.87 | 9.26M |
United Technologies | UTX | 77.55 | 77.82 | 76.69 | 76.84 | 8.75M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 555.04 | 557.73 | 552.38 | 555.00 | 8.65M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 39.71 | 39.78 | 39.03 | 39.23 | 8.1M |
Altria | MO | 71.54 | 71.75 | 71.11 | 71.28 | 7.76M |
Merck | MRK | 50.65 | 51.10 | 50.13 | 50.27 | 7.72M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 109.66 | 111.47 | 109.45 | 110.77 | 7.62M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 32.02 | 32.29 | 31.85 | 32.14 | 6.43M |
Amazon | AMZN | 74.39 | 74.52 | 73.59 | 73.79 | 6.08M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 52.66 | 53.42 | 52.59 | 53.00 | 5.69M |
McDonald's | MCD | 52.02 | 52.40 | 52.00 | 52.16 | 5.49M |
Boeing | BA | 101.91 | 102.73 | 101.40 | 102.05 | 3.35M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 122.18 | 124.99 | 121.81 | 123.90 | 2.89M |
3M | MMM | 91.44 | 91.68 | 90.59 | 91.08 | 2.55M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3654.00 | 3669.00 | 3641.00 | 3663.00 | 6.2K |
Exchange Rates of July 17th, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 122.320 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.044 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.958 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.203 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.831 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.562 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.132 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 168.580 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.673 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.485 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.579 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.633 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.438 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.695 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.658 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.603 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.399 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.506 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.936 AUD | 1 AUD = 1.068 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.853 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.173 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0.983 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.017 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.345 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.426 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.136 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.468 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.462 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.406 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.910 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.099 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1.049 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.953 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.152 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.868 CAD |
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