Financial news on June 17, 2009
Business and Financial news
Investors, Mindful of Negative Numbers, Sell Holdings
After a down session, Wall Street awaited the release on Wednesday of the Consumer Price Index for May. Read more..
MySpace Set to Lay Off 400 Workers
MySpace was once the pre-eminent social networking site, but recently it has lost some luster to Facebook. Read more..
Obama Sought a Range of Views on Finance Rules
The administration’s proposal to overhaul financial rules, born of compromise, is not as bold as some had hoped. Read more..
Spain Skips Airbus Talks, Raising Eyebrows
Spain blamed a scheduling mishap, but some speculated that Madrid was sending a message to EADS. Read more..
Synthes, Medical Device Maker, Accused of Improper Marketing
The medical device maker and four of its executives were indicted Tuesday on federal charges that they improperly promoted a bone filler for purposes not approved by the F.D.A. Read more..
Three Accused of Insider Trading in Britain
The allegations relate to the takeover of NeuTec by the drug maker Novartis in 2006. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 12.71 | 12.73 | 12.14 | 12.25 | 130M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 24.16 | 24.24 | 22.98 | 23.09 | 101M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 23.50 | 23.82 | 23.17 | 23.68 | 86.5M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 33.43 | 33.52 | 32.18 | 32.73 | 65.5M |
| Intel | INTC | 15.83 | 16.29 | 15.81 | 16.14 | 59.4M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 14.23 | 14.70 | 14.21 | 14.58 | 55M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19.04 | 19.49 | 18.97 | 19.20 | 48.8M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19.72 | 20.17 | 19.70 | 19.94 | 33.3M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 71.06 | 71.78 | 70.84 | 71.42 | 29.9M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 24.26 | 24.44 | 24.10 | 24.14 | 28.1M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 13.62 | 13.97 | 13.52 | 13.86 | 25.7M |
| Merck | MRK | 24.45 | 24.98 | 24.43 | 24.77 | 23.5M |
| Altria | MO | 16.34 | 16.48 | 16.20 | 16.22 | 21.8M |
| Apple | AAPL | 136.67 | 137.45 | 134.53 | 135.58 | 20.4M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 19.50 | 20.29 | 19.42 | 19.92 | 20.1M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.30 | 48.89 | 48.10 | 48.56 | 19.3M |
| Home Depot | HD | 23.24 | 24.04 | 23.01 | 23.65 | 19M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 43.10 | 43.23 | 41.96 | 42.53 | 18.6M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 44.77 | 46.22 | 44.75 | 45.92 | 18.3M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 36.66 | 37.50 | 36.61 | 37.42 | 16.9M |
| Chevron | CVX | 69.44 | 69.88 | 68.46 | 68.83 | 15.5M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.58 | 30.04 | 29.58 | 29.78 | 13.1M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 54.68 | 55.53 | 54.55 | 55.20 | 13.1M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 50.13 | 50.75 | 50.00 | 50.01 | 12.7M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 24.03 | 24.65 | 23.83 | 24.02 | 12.1M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 56.44 | 56.66 | 55.34 | 55.98 | 11.6M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 51.40 | 53.14 | 51.31 | 52.81 | 11.3M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 44.35 | 45.99 | 44.16 | 45.53 | 9.43M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 52.31 | 53.83 | 52.11 | 52.97 | 9.4M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 23.43 | 23.95 | 23.36 | 23.68 | 8.62M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 47.88 | 48.64 | 47.84 | 47.93 | 8.33M |
| Visa | V | 62.46 | 63.10 | 60.80 | 61.35 | 8.02M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 82.50 | 84.30 | 80.64 | 82.65 | 7.79M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 107.46 | 107.88 | 106.88 | 107.00 | 7.37M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 57.21 | 58.12 | 57.21 | 57.37 | 7.22M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 416.19 | 419.72 | 411.56 | 415.16 | 6.97M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 54.46 | 55.23 | 54.35 | 54.68 | 5.6M |
| Boeing | BA | 48.55 | 49.16 | 48.05 | 48.55 | 4.87M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 51.08 | 52.12 | 50.50 | 51.40 | 4.37M |
| 3M | MMM | 58.59 | 59.44 | 58.59 | 59.04 | 3.83M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2915.00 | 2915.00 | 2855.00 | 2874.00 | 31.1K |
Exchange Rates of June 17, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 95.660 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.132 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.883 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.080 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.926 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.837 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 133.360 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.851 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.176 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.758 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.569 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.578 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.634 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.505 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.664 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.531 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.105 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.637 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.569 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.318 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.759 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.183 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.845 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.128 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.886 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.067 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.484 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.855 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.539 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.769 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.565 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.199 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.089 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.898 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.114 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.856 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.168 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.419 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.185 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.953 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.049 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.038 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.166 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.331 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.158 CHF |
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