Financial news on October 17th, 2008
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 23.57 | 25.11 | 23.31 | 23.93 | 134M |
| General Electric | GE | 19.35 | 20.53 | 19.00 | 19.63 | 125M |
| Intel | INTC | 15.36 | 16.31 | 15.27 | 15.50 | 93.9M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 17.32 | 19.55 | 16.93 | 17.91 | 83.5M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 16.43 | 17.53 | 16.24 | 16.91 | 70.2M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 33.40 | 34.44 | 31.77 | 32.06 | 67M |
| Apple | AAPL | 99.60 | 102.04 | 85.89 | 97.40 | 62.9M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 39.63 | 41.39 | 39.06 | 39.33 | 61M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 67.05 | 72.44 | 65.60 | 68.04 | 58.4M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 16.41 | 17.99 | 16.21 | 17.02 | 52.3M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 50.60 | 52.90 | 45.22 | 49.99 | 45.6M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 24.90 | 26.75 | 24.50 | 25.29 | 42.5M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 14.95 | 17.88 | 14.59 | 15.23 | 36.6M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53.75 | 55.38 | 49.71 | 53.77 | 31.2M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 17.29 | 18.36 | 16.95 | 17.54 | 30.3M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.52 | 58.24 | 52.74 | 55.46 | 30M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 378.96 | 386.00 | 363.55 | 372.54 | 28.5M |
| Altria | MO | 18.79 | 20.24 | 18.58 | 19.32 | 28.1M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 50.75 | 56.46 | 48.84 | 52.51 | 27.1M |
| Home Depot | HD | 19.18 | 20.70 | 18.96 | 20.21 | 26.6M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62.95 | 65.00 | 62.04 | 62.65 | 25.3M |
| Merck | MRK | 27.54 | 30.20 | 27.33 | 28.50 | 23M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 26.75 | 28.44 | 26.18 | 27.19 | 22.4M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 39.45 | 41.30 | 38.22 | 39.71 | 22M |
| Chevron | CVX | 61.55 | 67.41 | 59.49 | 62.35 | 21.7M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 44.96 | 46.17 | 42.91 | 44.20 | 21M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 42.50 | 45.64 | 42.10 | 43.03 | 20.5M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 60.65 | 63.79 | 59.83 | 61.74 | 19.6M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 23.69 | 25.85 | 23.44 | 24.75 | 18M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 22.99 | 24.72 | 22.56 | 24.39 | 17.6M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 91.75 | 95.91 | 87.71 | 90.78 | 15.2M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 51.87 | 55.48 | 51.75 | 53.88 | 14.2M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 49.10 | 53.87 | 49.00 | 50.19 | 13.6M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 48.83 | 62.33 | 48.41 | 50.65 | 12.9M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 53.50 | 56.13 | 52.60 | 53.80 | 11.6M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 52.73 | 53.51 | 50.34 | 50.71 | 11.4M |
| Boeing | BA | 43.95 | 46.82 | 43.21 | 44.55 | 10M |
| Visa | V | 51.50 | 55.07 | 51.50 | 52.22 | 8.77M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 53.80 | 59.17 | 53.24 | 55.49 | 8.1M |
| 3M | MMM | 56.16 | 59.00 | 55.26 | 56.49 | 7.29M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3730.00 | 4023.00 | 3701.00 | 3976.00 | 37.8K |
Exchange Rates of October 17th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 101.650 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.180 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.848 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.137 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.880 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.835 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 136.310 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.776 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.289 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.942 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.515 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.585 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.631 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.524 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.656 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.164 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.109 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.569 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.757 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.427 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.701 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.163 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.860 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.118 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.894 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.504 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.399 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.040 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.490 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.966 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.509 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.805 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.085 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.814 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.229 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.784 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.275 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.719 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.212 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.963 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.039 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.791 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.173 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.010 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.166 CHF |
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