Financial news on May 19, 2006
Business and Financial news
India, Known for Outsourcing, Expands in Industry
As global manufacturers seek new places to plant their flags, India is seeing early stirrings of an industrial renaissance. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 18.00 | 18.48 | 17.94 | 18.36 | 189M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 22.79 | 22.90 | 22.52 | 22.56 | 100M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 20.40 | 20.94 | 20.32 | 20.87 | 77M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 13.61 | 13.93 | 13.56 | 13.70 | 46.4M |
| Apple | AAPL | 63.26 | 64.88 | 62.82 | 64.51 | 35.2M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 24.00 | 24.10 | 23.60 | 23.82 | 34.6M |
| General Electric | GE | 34.23 | 34.50 | 33.95 | 34.16 | 30M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 59.90 | 61.04 | 59.50 | 60.45 | 26.7M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 373.28 | 374.50 | 360.57 | 370.02 | 22.8M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25.00 | 25.45 | 24.87 | 25.28 | 21.7M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 32.49 | 32.87 | 31.29 | 32.02 | 19.9M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.55 | 31.42 | 30.51 | 30.90 | 19.4M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 54.99 | 55.00 | 53.75 | 54.15 | 16.3M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 62.44 | 63.52 | 61.15 | 62.72 | 15.7M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 45.33 | 45.40 | 44.20 | 44.42 | 15.5M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 64.39 | 65.35 | 62.53 | 64.60 | 14.3M |
| Merck | MRK | 35.20 | 35.25 | 34.13 | 34.42 | 14.2M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 31.47 | 31.69 | 31.18 | 31.56 | 14.1M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.70 | 30.40 | 29.63 | 30.15 | 14.1M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42.90 | 43.05 | 42.50 | 42.75 | 13.4M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.11 | 60.24 | 59.63 | 59.90 | 13.2M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 42.25 | 42.25 | 41.13 | 41.82 | 13.2M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47.45 | 47.48 | 46.89 | 47.32 | 13M |
| Home Depot | HD | 38.59 | 39.12 | 38.53 | 38.94 | 12M |
| Chevron | CVX | 58.71 | 59.30 | 57.43 | 58.47 | 11.4M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 67.30 | 67.98 | 66.92 | 67.69 | 11.2M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 32.66 | 34.00 | 32.03 | 33.94 | 9.82M |
| Altria | MO | 70.60 | 71.49 | 70.09 | 71.00 | 8.7M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 43.74 | 43.75 | 43.27 | 43.65 | 8.01M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 53.70 | 55.00 | 52.55 | 54.94 | 7.03M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 80.87 | 81.00 | 79.51 | 80.28 | 7.02M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 34.65 | 34.72 | 33.97 | 34.15 | 6.25M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 65.71 | 66.44 | 65.71 | 66.06 | 5.96M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.27 | 24.27 | 23.86 | 24.17 | 5.64M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 58.69 | 58.91 | 58.10 | 58.60 | 5.63M |
| Boeing | BA | 83.00 | 85.30 | 82.06 | 84.61 | 5.58M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 62.97 | 63.10 | 62.08 | 62.70 | 4.12M |
| 3M | MMM | 84.56 | 84.92 | 83.71 | 84.31 | 2.8M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 91.86 | 92.33 | 89.85 | 91.70 | 2.36M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3075.00 | 3095.00 | 3035.00 | 3059.00 | 19.4K |
Exchange Rates of May 19, 2006
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 111.720 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 = 1.216 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.822 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 8.018 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 142.670 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.680 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.471 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.685 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.593 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.431 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.699 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.553 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.644 EUR |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.478 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.404 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.104 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.475 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.284 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.438 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.849 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.178 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.921 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.086 AUD |
See what else happened on May 19, 2006