Financial news on December 18th, 2008
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 17.54 | 17.56 | 15.77 | 15.96 | 154M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 19.86 | 20.02 | 18.99 | 19.30 | 80.8M |
| Intel | INTC | 15.06 | 15.19 | 14.09 | 14.26 | 74.2M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 30.26 | 31.41 | 29.21 | 29.65 | 62.9M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 80.56 | 80.98 | 76.20 | 77.00 | 59.7M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 32.16 | 32.59 | 30.12 | 30.21 | 57.5M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 17.34 | 17.57 | 16.94 | 17.12 | 52.8M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 16.87 | 16.91 | 16.44 | 16.66 | 52.4M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 16.83 | 16.97 | 16.34 | 16.61 | 45.3M |
| Altria | MO | 14.88 | 15.24 | 14.85 | 15.18 | 33.7M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 28.40 | 28.85 | 27.50 | 27.72 | 33.2M |
| Apple | AAPL | 89.31 | 90.83 | 88.44 | 89.43 | 30.6M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.60 | 23.46 | 22.53 | 22.86 | 27.3M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 55.46 | 56.21 | 54.78 | 55.41 | 26.9M |
| Home Depot | HD | 24.80 | 25.07 | 24.05 | 24.45 | 22.1M |
| Chevron | CVX | 76.50 | 76.74 | 72.23 | 73.03 | 21.5M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 16.50 | 16.67 | 15.52 | 15.81 | 20.6M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 34.23 | 34.37 | 32.94 | 33.30 | 20.5M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 53.42 | 53.66 | 50.55 | 51.54 | 20.5M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 52.35 | 53.10 | 51.30 | 51.99 | 19.2M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 59.55 | 60.25 | 58.49 | 58.99 | 18.9M |
| Merck | MRK | 27.39 | 28.33 | 27.06 | 27.74 | 18.8M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 23.67 | 23.90 | 22.50 | 22.83 | 18.4M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 36.68 | 36.68 | 34.69 | 35.37 | 18.2M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 42.48 | 42.51 | 39.29 | 39.43 | 17.6M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.00 | 62.17 | 59.50 | 60.31 | 17.2M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 46.07 | 46.45 | 44.77 | 45.18 | 15.5M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 58.60 | 60.00 | 57.53 | 58.02 | 11.5M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 63.02 | 63.02 | 60.90 | 61.29 | 11.4M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 47.64 | 49.77 | 47.54 | 48.78 | 10.3M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 54.62 | 55.38 | 54.38 | 54.71 | 10.3M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 24.16 | 25.08 | 23.69 | 24.91 | 10.1M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 316.70 | 320.35 | 309.11 | 310.28 | 9.52M |
| Boeing | BA | 41.31 | 41.75 | 40.69 | 41.07 | 8.65M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 85.77 | 86.64 | 82.96 | 84.00 | 8.03M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 50.78 | 51.72 | 50.53 | 50.81 | 7.94M |
| Visa | V | 55.37 | 56.19 | 54.07 | 54.70 | 7.59M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 53.00 | 54.85 | 51.20 | 52.08 | 7.52M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 49.14 | 49.92 | 45.75 | 46.59 | 6.72M |
| 3M | MMM | 58.90 | 59.26 | 56.28 | 56.71 | 5.57M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3315.00 | 3346.00 | 3190.00 | 3280.00 | 26.3K |
Exchange Rates of December 18th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 89.410 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.203 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.832 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.083 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.923 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.835 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 127.410 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.949 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.054 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 2.074 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.482 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.714 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.583 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.544 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.648 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.730 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.103 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.744 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.343 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.628 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.614 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.346 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.743 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.211 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.826 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.186 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.458 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.806 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.554 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.626 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.615 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.256 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.098 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.826 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.211 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.744 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.345 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.683 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.214 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.900 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.111 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.673 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.176 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.310 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.158 CHF |
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