Financial news on December 19th, 2008
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 16.50 | 16.55 | 16.00 | 16.50 | 136M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 19.69 | 19.80 | 19.11 | 19.12 | 114M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.00 | 18.16 | 16.61 | 17.78 | 90.1M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 29.94 | 30.18 | 28.50 | 29.36 | 88.6M |
| Intel | INTC | 14.60 | 14.82 | 14.26 | 14.44 | 72.4M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 78.24 | 78.33 | 75.02 | 75.02 | 68.5M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 16.91 | 16.95 | 16.60 | 16.64 | 62.2M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 17.52 | 17.53 | 17.16 | 17.30 | 58M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 31.20 | 31.25 | 29.78 | 30.32 | 55.7M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 28.45 | 28.46 | 27.50 | 28.12 | 48.7M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 16.54 | 16.57 | 15.63 | 15.76 | 34.3M |
| Altria | MO | 15.72 | 15.75 | 15.20 | 15.28 | 33.3M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 56.69 | 56.91 | 55.53 | 55.74 | 32.4M |
| Chevron | CVX | 74.21 | 74.65 | 70.84 | 70.85 | 31.3M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 34.23 | 34.40 | 33.15 | 33.19 | 29.6M |
| Apple | AAPL | 90.13 | 90.94 | 88.80 | 90.00 | 28.6M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.21 | 53.25 | 52.14 | 52.27 | 26.8M |
| Merck | MRK | 29.02 | 29.07 | 27.65 | 28.56 | 26.6M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 52.89 | 53.39 | 50.63 | 50.80 | 25.5M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 45.75 | 46.01 | 44.18 | 44.43 | 25.3M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 23.35 | 23.82 | 22.77 | 22.81 | 25.2M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.80 | 61.98 | 59.75 | 60.18 | 23.2M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.10 | 60.15 | 58.54 | 58.84 | 23.1M |
| Home Depot | HD | 24.72 | 25.00 | 23.83 | 24.22 | 23.1M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 35.87 | 36.02 | 34.87 | 35.40 | 22.1M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 23.03 | 23.20 | 22.18 | 22.43 | 21.1M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 25.71 | 26.92 | 24.92 | 26.49 | 17.4M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 49.98 | 50.28 | 48.55 | 49.65 | 16.5M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 41.70 | 41.89 | 39.36 | 40.44 | 16.4M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 61.88 | 62.17 | 60.16 | 60.32 | 16M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 84.59 | 85.22 | 82.97 | 83.52 | 13.1M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 59.08 | 59.27 | 57.52 | 57.83 | 12.7M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 52.34 | 52.37 | 50.30 | 51.37 | 12.1M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 55.24 | 55.49 | 53.83 | 54.09 | 11.4M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 316.27 | 317.79 | 309.00 | 310.17 | 11.2M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 52.67 | 52.99 | 50.92 | 51.56 | 11M |
| Boeing | BA | 42.35 | 42.39 | 41.00 | 41.24 | 9.9M |
| Visa | V | 56.00 | 56.23 | 53.78 | 54.97 | 8.9M |
| 3M | MMM | 58.00 | 58.04 | 56.23 | 56.62 | 7.54M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 47.39 | 48.58 | 45.82 | 46.27 | 5.41M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3280.00 | 3319.00 | 3180.00 | 3212.00 | 24.5K |
Exchange Rates of December 19th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 89.340 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.217 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.822 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.103 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.906 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.845 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 124.140 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.932 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.074 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 2.043 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.490 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.692 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.591 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.535 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.651 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.525 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.105 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.750 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.333 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.646 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.608 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.363 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.734 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.236 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.809 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.191 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.456 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.816 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.551 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.646 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.607 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.211 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.098 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.828 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.208 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.751 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.332 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.653 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.215 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.907 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.103 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.614 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.178 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.199 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.161 CHF |
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