Financial news on March 17th, 2006
Business and Financial news
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27,38 | 27,66 | 27,27 | 27,50 | 121M |
| Intel | INTC | 19,74 | 19,77 | 19,40 | 19,54 | 111M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 13,55 | 13,72 | 13,42 | 13,60 | 70.6M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21,46 | 21,68 | 21,15 | 21,62 | 62.1M |
| General Electric | GE | 34,55 | 34,76 | 34,40 | 34,51 | 40.6M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 26,20 | 26,48 | 26,09 | 26,39 | 32.1M |
| Apple | AAPL | 64,74 | 65,54 | 64,11 | 64,66 | 29M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 61,80 | 61,80 | 60,99 | 61,05 | 26.9M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 27,20 | 27,25 | 26,87 | 27,00 | 21.6M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 73,69 | 73,84 | 72,52 | 73,25 | 19.7M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 59,39 | 59,40 | 58,85 | 59,10 | 17.4M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 338,94 | 341,78 | 334,93 | 339,79 | 17.1M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 34,66 | 34,83 | 34,27 | 34,41 | 16.3M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 27,23 | 27,38 | 26,83 | 26,90 | 15M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 34,00 | 34,20 | 33,88 | 34,16 | 14.6M |
| Home Depot | HD | 42,97 | 43,01 | 42,70 | 42,90 | 13.1M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41,35 | 41,50 | 41,25 | 41,40 | 13M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 46,50 | 46,79 | 46,29 | 46,69 | 12.4M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60,40 | 60,40 | 60,15 | 60,34 | 11.5M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 45,20 | 45,47 | 44,92 | 45,18 | 10.5M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 62,61 | 62,80 | 61,15 | 61,36 | 10.5M |
| Altria | MO | 73,85 | 74,01 | 73,47 | 73,55 | 9.61M |
| Chevron | CVX | 57,98 | 58,04 | 57,02 | 57,18 | 9.39M |
| Merck | MRK | 35,47 | 35,69 | 35,35 | 35,64 | 8.74M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 42,69 | 42,84 | 42,58 | 42,79 | 8.25M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 28,79 | 28,80 | 28,54 | 28,64 | 8.09M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22,98 | 23,04 | 22,77 | 22,92 | 7.67M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 36,75 | 36,98 | 35,85 | 35,99 | 6.89M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 56,90 | 56,91 | 56,15 | 56,69 | 6.65M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 83,28 | 83,41 | 82,82 | 83,30 | 6.41M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 123,00 | 124,80 | 122,42 | 123,25 | 6.13M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 35,24 | 35,25 | 35,00 | 35,10 | 5.98M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 65,29 | 65,32 | 64,95 | 65,06 | 4.89M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 58,68 | 59,17 | 58,50 | 58,80 | 4.79M |
| Boeing | BA | 77,20 | 78,08 | 77,05 | 77,85 | 4.54M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 60,09 | 60,11 | 59,73 | 60,06 | 4.09M |
| 3M | MMM | 75,30 | 75,45 | 74,75 | 74,79 | 4.05M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 62,91 | 63,71 | 62,68 | 63,31 | 3.95M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 90,53 | 91,99 | 90,02 | 91,07 | 1.55M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2970,00 | 2972,00 | 2943,00 | 2961,00 | 27.8K |
Exchange Rates of March 17th, 2006
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 115,820 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,158 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,863 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,289 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,776 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 8,029 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,125 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 141,230 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,694 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,441 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,677 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,596 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,413 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,708 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,572 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,636 EUR |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,417 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,414 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,035 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,491 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,265 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,441 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,842 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,188 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,937 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,067 AUD |
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