Financial news on August 20th, 2012
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| FB | 19.05 | 20.13 | 18.75 | 20.01 | 101M | |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19.00 | 19.15 | 18.80 | 18.94 | 39.4M |
| General Electric | GE | 20.95 | 21.02 | 20.83 | 20.93 | 27.4M |
| Intel | INTC | 26.22 | 26.33 | 26.10 | 26.23 | 25.6M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 37.03 | 37.04 | 36.81 | 36.89 | 25.3M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 30.82 | 30.85 | 30.58 | 30.74 | 23.7M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 23.71 | 23.98 | 23.71 | 23.91 | 23.2M |
| Apple | AAPL | 650.01 | 665.15 | 649.90 | 665.15 | 21.9M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34.03 | 34.20 | 33.98 | 34.07 | 18.1M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 36.92 | 37.50 | 36.80 | 37.37 | 17.9M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 19.55 | 20.13 | 19.39 | 20.09 | 17.9M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 67.80 | 67.84 | 67.67 | 67.70 | 12.6M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 31.51 | 31.72 | 31.37 | 31.70 | 12M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 32.10 | 32.15 | 31.90 | 32.04 | 11.2M |
| Altria | MO | 35.39 | 35.44 | 35.13 | 35.18 | 10.9M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 43.93 | 44.06 | 43.64 | 43.70 | 9.23M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 39.54 | 39.59 | 39.26 | 39.47 | 9.21M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 66.93 | 67.05 | 66.55 | 66.75 | 8.94M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 88.07 | 88.22 | 87.63 | 87.95 | 8.81M |
| Merck | MRK | 43.35 | 43.80 | 43.24 | 43.75 | 8.73M |
| Home Depot | HD | 56.57 | 56.67 | 55.98 | 56.57 | 8.44M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 33.86 | 34.11 | 33.73 | 33.90 | 8.02M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 57.34 | 57.37 | 56.87 | 57.03 | 7.86M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 65.98 | 66.10 | 65.69 | 65.73 | 6.97M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 50.32 | 50.59 | 50.15 | 50.45 | 6.94M |
| General Motors | GM | 21.75 | 22.02 | 21.66 | 21.87 | 6.62M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 80.28 | 81.19 | 79.79 | 80.08 | 6.14M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 72.01 | 72.41 | 71.66 | 72.30 | 5.55M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 74.49 | 74.83 | 74.10 | 74.34 | 4.98M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 52.97 | 53.62 | 52.75 | 53.20 | 4.93M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 87.17 | 88.22 | 87.16 | 88.17 | 4.82M |
| Chevron | CVX | 112.69 | 112.89 | 112.14 | 112.52 | 3.91M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 56.82 | 56.87 | 55.86 | 56.49 | 3.52M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 675.50 | 678.87 | 672.66 | 675.54 | 3.51M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 73.27 | 73.49 | 72.88 | 73.33 | 3.36M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 85.50 | 85.76 | 85.27 | 85.75 | 2.56M |
| Boeing | BA | 73.61 | 74.00 | 73.34 | 73.83 | 2.48M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 200.69 | 201.13 | 200.03 | 200.50 | 2.34M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 83.28 | 83.38 | 82.65 | 83.24 | 2.3M |
| Visa | V | 128.61 | 128.72 | 128.00 | 128.16 | 2.17M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 241.37 | 241.65 | 238.20 | 240.35 | 1.89M |
| 3M | MMM | 94.00 | 94.17 | 93.55 | 93.89 | 1.64M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 125.00 | 125.25 | 123.70 | 124.32 | 1.42M |
Exchange Rates of August 20th, 2012
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 79.460 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.013 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.989 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.012 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.973 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.028 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.359 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 98.110 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.786 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.273 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.182 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.846 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.221 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.819 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.201 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.833 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 7.849 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.127 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.801 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.249 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.204 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.831 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.243 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.804 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.224 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.817 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.504 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.665 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.553 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.644 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.528 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.654 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.990 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.100 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1.032 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.969 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1.016 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.985 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.647 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.150 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.983 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.017 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.435 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.535 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.153 CHF |
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