Financial news on May 18, 2010
Business and Financial news
Asian Markets Mixed, but Calmer
Asian stock markets were mixed on Tuesday, with only muted rises and falls by midmorning, as investors took heart from a nearly flat finish overnight on Wall Street and a calmer performance by the beleaguered euro. Read more..
In Vancouver, Wastewater and Sewage Provide Energy
A that supplies space heating and domestic hot water to the former 2010 Winter Olympics village is the first “district” energy system in North America to draw heat from untreated wastewater. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 17.72 | 17.87 | 17.05 | 17.23 | 79.5M |
| Intel | INTC | 22.14 | 22.23 | 21.33 | 21.43 | 76.6M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 16.14 | 16.25 | 15.78 | 15.81 | 73.5M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 40.62 | 40.62 | 38.55 | 39.02 | 61.7M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 25.00 | 25.02 | 24.18 | 24.36 | 59.7M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 32.28 | 32.35 | 30.35 | 30.59 | 56.7M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 28.87 | 29.00 | 28.40 | 28.60 | 52.7M |
| Home Depot | HD | 35.81 | 36.30 | 34.23 | 34.73 | 49.1M |
| Visa | V | 75.08 | 76.01 | 68.29 | 70.09 | 47.3M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25.86 | 25.90 | 25.31 | 25.59 | 38M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 64.05 | 64.27 | 62.42 | 62.79 | 34.5M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53.32 | 54.45 | 53.20 | 53.71 | 32.2M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 23.80 | 23.95 | 23.31 | 23.43 | 29.9M |
| Apple | AAPL | 256.98 | 258.55 | 250.26 | 252.36 | 28M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 28.70 | 29.01 | 28.38 | 28.42 | 22.9M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 18.22 | 18.40 | 17.60 | 17.69 | 22.1M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 48.25 | 48.28 | 46.66 | 46.79 | 21.4M |
| Altria | MO | 21.77 | 21.80 | 21.34 | 21.37 | 20.3M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63.44 | 63.56 | 62.85 | 62.97 | 18.5M |
| Merck | MRK | 32.97 | 33.00 | 32.30 | 32.35 | 18.3M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.36 | 34.64 | 33.52 | 33.73 | 17.4M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 55.85 | 56.10 | 54.55 | 54.67 | 17M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.40 | 63.95 | 63.13 | 63.21 | 15.9M |
| Chevron | CVX | 78.31 | 78.67 | 76.39 | 76.85 | 15.3M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48.71 | 48.93 | 48.00 | 48.05 | 14.5M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 65.11 | 66.15 | 63.45 | 63.74 | 13.1M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 38.23 | 38.87 | 38.13 | 38.28 | 10.6M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 53.70 | 53.72 | 53.08 | 53.10 | 10.2M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 23.90 | 23.92 | 23.50 | 23.55 | 9.61M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 131.26 | 131.99 | 129.90 | 129.95 | 9.33M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 30.53 | 30.74 | 30.08 | 30.18 | 8.91M |
| Boeing | BA | 69.89 | 70.13 | 67.30 | 67.73 | 8.88M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 66.92 | 67.30 | 66.40 | 66.53 | 7.24M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 70.53 | 70.81 | 69.84 | 70.02 | 6.9M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 71.56 | 71.94 | 70.48 | 70.68 | 6.04M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 510.00 | 510.97 | 497.07 | 498.37 | 5.65M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 130.14 | 131.25 | 125.51 | 126.28 | 5.26M |
| 3M | MMM | 85.09 | 86.20 | 83.85 | 84.02 | 5.22M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 74.32 | 75.00 | 72.47 | 72.94 | 4.56M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 54.93 | 55.35 | 54.56 | 54.67 | 4.39M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 76.36 | 77.36 | 75.25 | 75.47 | 4.39M |
Exchange Rates of May 18, 2010
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 92.030 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.041 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.961 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.150 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.869 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.828 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 112.050 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.852 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.174 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.414 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.707 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.267 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.789 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.400 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.714 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.310 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.120 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.760 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.315 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.262 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.793 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.130 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.885 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.250 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.800 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.659 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.603 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.486 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.673 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.643 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.609 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.745 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.103 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.896 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.116 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.990 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.010 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.883 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.170 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.105 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.905 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.561 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.152 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.933 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.169 CHF |
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