Financial news on October 18th, 2006
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 21.60 | 21.63 | 21.03 | 21.11 | 115M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 28.50 | 28.70 | 28.26 | 28.52 | 40.6M |
| Apple | AAPL | 74.75 | 78.59 | 73.91 | 74.53 | 40.5M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.43 | 24.64 | 24.10 | 24.18 | 36.3M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 27.87 | 28.22 | 27.73 | 28.10 | 31.7M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 90.60 | 92.04 | 89.73 | 89.82 | 27.9M |
| General Electric | GE | 35.74 | 35.84 | 35.46 | 35.56 | 27.5M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.84 | 18.95 | 18.69 | 18.74 | 26.9M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 33.25 | 33.40 | 32.61 | 32.94 | 23.3M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47.85 | 48.00 | 46.61 | 47.21 | 21.5M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 69.50 | 69.99 | 68.77 | 69.17 | 19.4M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66.50 | 68.15 | 66.50 | 68.15 | 17.9M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 41.99 | 42.09 | 41.23 | 41.47 | 15.4M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 47.65 | 48.25 | 47.27 | 47.85 | 14.4M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 61.00 | 61.44 | 59.99 | 60.33 | 13.1M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.23 | 31.59 | 31.20 | 31.58 | 13M |
| Home Depot | HD | 35.95 | 36.26 | 35.75 | 35.89 | 12.4M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 423.00 | 424.75 | 417.50 | 419.31 | 12M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.82 | 36.99 | 36.33 | 36.59 | 11.7M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 61.30 | 61.62 | 59.61 | 60.16 | 10.4M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.43 | 48.57 | 48.16 | 48.35 | 10.3M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 39.12 | 39.49 | 38.62 | 39.01 | 10.1M |
| Merck | MRK | 44.05 | 44.65 | 43.88 | 44.48 | 10.1M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 43.92 | 44.15 | 43.72 | 43.96 | 10.1M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 47.01 | 48.03 | 46.65 | 48.00 | 9.84M |
| Altria | MO | 78.63 | 78.75 | 77.83 | 78.34 | 8.6M |
| Chevron | CVX | 64.94 | 65.42 | 64.26 | 64.60 | 8.09M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 38.32 | 38.50 | 38.02 | 38.20 | 8.03M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 72.01 | 72.81 | 71.33 | 72.38 | 7.86M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 62.15 | 62.83 | 62.00 | 62.59 | 7.52M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36.73 | 36.95 | 36.49 | 36.81 | 6.67M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 62.65 | 63.25 | 62.36 | 63.19 | 6.17M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 68.36 | 69.05 | 67.71 | 67.72 | 5.8M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.63 | 24.81 | 24.57 | 24.73 | 5.56M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 32.57 | 32.78 | 32.00 | 32.31 | 5.35M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 65.55 | 65.60 | 64.80 | 65.57 | 4.87M |
| Boeing | BA | 82.52 | 83.46 | 81.95 | 82.74 | 3.8M |
| 3M | MMM | 76.00 | 76.24 | 75.20 | 75.53 | 2.57M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 92.70 | 93.79 | 90.56 | 91.30 | 2.18M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3288.00 | 3320.00 | 3288.00 | 3309.00 | 8.7K |
Exchange Rates of October 18th, 2006
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118.890 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.136 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.880 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.270 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.787 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.905 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.127 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 148.990 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.671 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.491 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.659 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.603 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.424 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.702 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.591 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.628 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.450 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.222 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.113 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.899 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.955 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.047 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.068 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.937 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.472 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.404 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.122 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.471 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.371 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.422 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.858 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.166 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.959 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.043 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.117 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.895 CAD |
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