Financial news on June 19th, 2006
Business and Financial news
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A consortium led by Macquarie Bank of Australia is expected to offer nearly 2.7 billion pounds ($4.98 billion) for Associated British Ports in a move that would trump a 2.53 billion pound ($4.67 billion) bid from a Goldman Sachs consortium, The Times of London reported. Read more..
In the latest scandal, companies handed out options in a way that undermined the idea of options as a pay-for-performance tool. Read more..
A new United States gold coin, the purest ever made, will go on sale today to investors worldwide. Read more..
More trainers are packaging their services in audio or video files that can be downloaded into an iPod for a quick trip to the gym. Read more..
The Los Angeles Times blocks access to "sex sites" and to sites that could compromise network security. Read more..
Nokia and Siemens are expected to announce a merger of their telecommunication network equipment businesses. Read more..
The Treasury's schedule of financing this week includes today's regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow. Read more..
Kathy Griffin is appearing in a remake of a popular, humorous 1971 spot for Alka-Seltzer known as "Try it, you'll like it." Read more..
While air has seeped steadily from the stock market, it has poured from the four major publicly traded game publishers. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 22.14 | 22.60 | 22.12 | 22.55 | 130M |
Intel | INTC | 18.51 | 18.64 | 18.20 | 18.24 | 61.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 14.35 | 14.56 | 14.18 | 14.29 | 35.6M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 20.01 | 20.15 | 19.71 | 19.82 | 32.8M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 33.35 | 34.00 | 33.06 | 33.57 | 32.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 23.50 | 23.60 | 22.89 | 23.06 | 27.8M |
Apple | AAPL | 57.83 | 58.18 | 57.00 | 57.20 | 25.2M |
General Electric | GE | 33.83 | 33.95 | 33.64 | 33.72 | 20.4M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 58.77 | 58.81 | 57.21 | 57.39 | 20.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 27.82 | 28.03 | 27.79 | 27.84 | 19.2M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 390.85 | 394.80 | 386.98 | 388.14 | 15.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 61.16 | 61.17 | 59.03 | 59.20 | 13M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.45 | 29.45 | 29.00 | 29.07 | 12.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.45 | 48.90 | 48.00 | 48.27 | 11.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 32.50 | 32.82 | 32.14 | 32.17 | 11.5M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 55.75 | 56.00 | 54.70 | 54.87 | 11.2M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 32.94 | 33.11 | 32.24 | 32.32 | 11M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61.60 | 61.68 | 61.32 | 61.35 | 9.99M |
Home Depot | HD | 36.91 | 37.23 | 36.78 | 36.86 | 9.87M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 58.10 | 58.11 | 55.78 | 55.91 | 9.62M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 40.17 | 40.46 | 39.75 | 39.95 | 9.09M |
Amgen | AMGN | 67.09 | 67.16 | 65.41 | 65.75 | 8.93M |
Altria | MO | 71.25 | 71.63 | 71.00 | 71.34 | 8.72M |
Merck | MRK | 34.49 | 34.77 | 34.40 | 34.46 | 8.34M |
Chevron | CVX | 58.72 | 58.72 | 57.11 | 57.51 | 8.14M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 42.96 | 42.96 | 42.24 | 42.32 | 6.85M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 44.49 | 44.50 | 43.31 | 43.50 | 6.74M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.33 | 25.51 | 25.15 | 25.42 | 6.14M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 43.21 | 43.33 | 42.73 | 42.93 | 5.81M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 78.06 | 78.30 | 77.34 | 77.67 | 5.3M |
Boeing | BA | 85.65 | 86.23 | 84.31 | 84.76 | 4.34M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 57.80 | 57.97 | 55.75 | 56.11 | 4.22M |
Amazon | AMZN | 35.20 | 35.48 | 35.04 | 35.07 | 4.21M |
McDonald's | MCD | 33.11 | 33.25 | 32.76 | 32.85 | 4.13M |
Pepsico | PEP | 59.93 | 60.08 | 59.11 | 59.31 | 3.81M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 66.85 | 67.10 | 66.22 | 66.46 | 3.62M |
United Technologies | UTX | 61.70 | 61.77 | 60.26 | 60.90 | 2.94M |
3M | MMM | 80.70 | 80.70 | 78.89 | 79.43 | 2.45M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 90.00 | 90.42 | 87.55 | 88.11 | 1.13M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3063.00 | 3089.00 | 3058.00 | 3088.00 | 19.7K |
Exchange Rates of June 19th, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 115.470 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.121 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.892 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.240 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.806 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 8.006 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 145.200 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.683 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.464 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.706 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.586 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.409 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.710 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.559 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.641 EUR |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.497 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.400 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.062 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.485 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.282 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.438 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.825 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.212 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.913 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.095 AUD |
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