Financial news on October 18th, 2012
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 66.08 | 66.81 | 64.52 | 66.64 | 70.9M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 29.65 | 29.73 | 29.26 | 29.50 | 59.2M |
| FB | 19.70 | 19.79 | 18.89 | 18.98 | 52.2M | |
| General Electric | GE | 22.81 | 23.08 | 22.80 | 22.81 | 43.1M |
| Intel | INTC | 21.82 | 21.86 | 21.60 | 21.67 | 42.9M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18.61 | 18.75 | 18.50 | 18.61 | 40.3M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 70.87 | 72.74 | 70.82 | 72.52 | 33.6M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 25.69 | 26.09 | 25.68 | 26.04 | 27.3M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 35.85 | 36.57 | 35.82 | 36.02 | 26.9M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 31.14 | 31.24 | 30.76 | 31.12 | 26M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 755.54 | 759.43 | 676.00 | 695.00 | 24.9M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43.09 | 43.35 | 42.75 | 43.01 | 23.6M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34.57 | 34.84 | 34.40 | 34.57 | 23.1M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 37.76 | 38.07 | 37.46 | 37.84 | 23.1M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 14.73 | 14.85 | 14.60 | 14.80 | 22.2M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 44.94 | 46.42 | 44.75 | 45.78 | 21.7M |
| Apple | AAPL | 639.59 | 642.06 | 630.00 | 632.64 | 17M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 37.10 | 37.60 | 36.89 | 37.29 | 14M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 92.97 | 93.57 | 92.97 | 93.48 | 11.8M |
| Merck | MRK | 47.29 | 48.00 | 47.28 | 47.96 | 11M |
| General Motors | GM | 25.09 | 25.72 | 24.96 | 25.56 | 9.76M |
| Home Depot | HD | 61.39 | 61.90 | 61.35 | 61.80 | 9.42M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 199.91 | 200.14 | 194.07 | 194.96 | 9.3M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 70.13 | 70.91 | 70.08 | 70.76 | 8.08M |
| Altria | MO | 33.33 | 33.41 | 33.05 | 33.09 | 7.46M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 69.45 | 69.50 | 69.04 | 69.47 | 7.36M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 77.02 | 77.23 | 76.17 | 76.56 | 7.33M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 68.82 | 69.13 | 68.21 | 68.29 | 7.09M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 93.67 | 93.75 | 92.61 | 92.86 | 6.82M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 74.55 | 75.09 | 74.05 | 74.80 | 6.58M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 52.26 | 52.74 | 52.12 | 52.42 | 6.29M |
| Chevron | CVX | 114.55 | 115.03 | 114.37 | 114.66 | 6.17M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 34.30 | 34.37 | 34.20 | 34.29 | 6.13M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 89.04 | 89.95 | 88.54 | 89.79 | 6.01M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 55.80 | 56.43 | 55.76 | 56.01 | 5.38M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 247.77 | 250.91 | 242.70 | 244.85 | 5.31M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 58.25 | 58.52 | 58.10 | 58.27 | 4.85M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 90.61 | 90.93 | 90.30 | 90.62 | 4.18M |
| Boeing | BA | 73.52 | 74.26 | 73.24 | 74.26 | 3.41M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 124.05 | 128.38 | 123.12 | 125.34 | 3.4M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 78.33 | 79.36 | 78.05 | 79.23 | 3.32M |
| Visa | V | 142.36 | 143.10 | 141.13 | 141.88 | 2.81M |
| 3M | MMM | 94.68 | 95.00 | 94.17 | 94.74 | 2.54M |
Exchange Rates of October 18th, 2012
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 79.290 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.013 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.986 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.015 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.924 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.082 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.250 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.160 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 103.610 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.814 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.228 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.260 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.794 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.288 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.776 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.208 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.828 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.169 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.122 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.786 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.273 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.216 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.823 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.243 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.805 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.166 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.858 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.547 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.646 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.582 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.632 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.483 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.674 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.030 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.100 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1.022 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.979 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.958 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.044 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.483 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.154 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.938 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.067 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.343 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.158 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.761 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.148 CHF |
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