Financial news on December 18th, 2006
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.87 | 18.17 | 17.65 | 17.91 | 58.2M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 30.19 | 30.26 | 29.78 | 29.89 | 57M |
| General Electric | GE | 37.41 | 38.13 | 37.41 | 38.00 | 50.1M |
| Intel | INTC | 21.05 | 21.30 | 20.66 | 20.84 | 49M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 27.60 | 27.96 | 27.43 | 27.61 | 46.3M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 25.65 | 25.95 | 25.57 | 25.83 | 38.3M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 35.75 | 35.95 | 35.28 | 35.47 | 37.8M |
| Apple | AAPL | 87.63 | 88.00 | 84.59 | 85.47 | 25.8M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 74.49 | 74.89 | 72.19 | 72.50 | 25.8M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 77.26 | 77.26 | 75.36 | 75.51 | 22.5M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 482.51 | 482.74 | 460.72 | 462.80 | 16M |
| Home Depot | HD | 40.07 | 40.30 | 39.68 | 39.96 | 14.1M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 46.50 | 46.80 | 46.28 | 46.37 | 12.9M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 43.04 | 43.21 | 42.80 | 43.12 | 12.2M |
| Merck | MRK | 43.89 | 44.07 | 43.67 | 43.83 | 10.8M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.74 | 35.81 | 35.53 | 35.76 | 10.3M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.60 | 36.70 | 36.41 | 36.54 | 10.1M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 39.93 | 40.24 | 39.90 | 40.03 | 9.72M |
| Chevron | CVX | 75.10 | 75.43 | 73.25 | 73.33 | 9.22M |
| Altria | MO | 85.68 | 86.56 | 85.25 | 85.63 | 8.98M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 67.00 | 67.28 | 64.90 | 65.07 | 8.9M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 48.30 | 48.60 | 48.03 | 48.23 | 8.54M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.10 | 34.69 | 34.10 | 34.49 | 8M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 94.95 | 96.16 | 94.80 | 95.44 | 7.98M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66.22 | 66.84 | 66.22 | 66.60 | 7.9M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48.30 | 48.34 | 47.85 | 48.13 | 6.94M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 40.20 | 40.64 | 38.86 | 39.26 | 6.49M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 64.02 | 64.27 | 63.65 | 64.16 | 5.77M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 50.20 | 50.53 | 49.98 | 50.40 | 5.47M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.50 | 25.68 | 25.48 | 25.53 | 5.26M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 48.85 | 49.10 | 48.82 | 48.90 | 5.22M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 43.34 | 43.75 | 43.25 | 43.48 | 5.2M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 70.21 | 70.84 | 69.85 | 70.05 | 5.19M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 62.41 | 62.57 | 62.14 | 62.26 | 5.08M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 63.11 | 63.34 | 62.65 | 63.07 | 3.1M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 64.44 | 64.86 | 63.53 | 63.79 | 2.72M |
| Boeing | BA | 90.75 | 90.90 | 89.41 | 89.56 | 2.63M |
| 3M | MMM | 78.35 | 79.01 | 78.23 | 78.35 | 2.33M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 94.10 | 94.12 | 93.03 | 93.40 | 773K |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3825.00 | 3825.00 | 3777.00 | 3781.00 | 22K |
Exchange Rates of December 18th, 2006
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118.130 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.157 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.864 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.222 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.818 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.820 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.128 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 154.720 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.672 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.487 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.678 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.596 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.515 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.660 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.601 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.625 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.434 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.303 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.084 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.922 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.979 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.022 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.034 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.967 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.496 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.401 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.253 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.444 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.380 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.420 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.902 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.109 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.953 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.049 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.056 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.947 CAD |
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