Financial news on June 20th, 2006
Business and Financial news
Apple Computer has been talking with executives at all the major studios about adding movies to its popular iTunes music store by the fall. Read more..
As Nokia and Siemens announced plans to merge, the big unanswered question was not if, but when, the remaining telecommunications giants would team up. Read more..
Arcelor said it would postpone the vote "in light of the current discussions" it is holding with Mittal Steel, the world's largest steel maker. Read more..
The company had quietly dropped its petite women's clothing department several months ago because of poor sales. Read more..
Europe likes to think of itself as beyond its sooty past, yet it still depends on a cheap, plentiful fuel. Read more..
Gene F. Haas, 54, the owner of Haas Automation, was accused in a 52-page indictment of running a bogus invoicing scheme to create fake tax deductions. Read more..
Mark W. Olson was named Monday as the chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Read more..
Wal-Mart has transformed the sedate rural community of Bentonville, Ark., into a teeming mini-metropolis. Read more..
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Warner Music in Deal With China Unicom. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 22.54 | 22.76 | 22.50 | 22.56 | 90.6M |
Intel | INTC | 18.28 | 18.41 | 18.07 | 18.15 | 50.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 23.16 | 23.20 | 22.84 | 22.95 | 47.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 14.42 | 14.48 | 14.23 | 14.25 | 30M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19.75 | 20.05 | 19.64 | 19.73 | 28.9M |
General Electric | GE | 33.72 | 33.82 | 33.54 | 33.70 | 27.6M |
Apple | AAPL | 57.61 | 58.35 | 57.29 | 57.47 | 24M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 27.84 | 28.01 | 27.55 | 27.58 | 20.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 57.74 | 58.34 | 57.26 | 57.39 | 19.9M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 32.09 | 32.90 | 31.96 | 32.74 | 16.4M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 33.30 | 33.47 | 32.63 | 32.86 | 15M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.02 | 29.34 | 28.91 | 29.23 | 13.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 59.50 | 59.95 | 58.62 | 58.80 | 13.5M |
Home Depot | HD | 36.71 | 36.80 | 36.24 | 36.42 | 13.1M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 55.23 | 55.84 | 54.86 | 55.58 | 11.4M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 40.14 | 40.78 | 40.04 | 40.49 | 11.2M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 56.25 | 56.95 | 54.44 | 54.51 | 9.77M |
Merck | MRK | 34.62 | 35.02 | 34.50 | 34.92 | 9.22M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 32.19 | 32.49 | 32.18 | 32.26 | 8.75M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.25 | 48.59 | 48.21 | 48.43 | 8.7M |
Amgen | AMGN | 65.67 | 65.77 | 64.77 | 64.96 | 8.6M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 388.03 | 391.87 | 386.51 | 387.17 | 8.07M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.40 | 25.65 | 25.30 | 25.56 | 8.06M |
Chevron | CVX | 57.76 | 58.38 | 57.43 | 57.51 | 8M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61.37 | 61.70 | 61.21 | 61.53 | 6.93M |
Altria | MO | 71.83 | 72.46 | 71.61 | 71.89 | 6.84M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 77.84 | 78.30 | 77.25 | 77.99 | 6.12M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 42.20 | 42.46 | 42.18 | 42.22 | 5.81M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 42.92 | 43.12 | 42.70 | 42.80 | 5.65M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 43.70 | 44.17 | 43.50 | 43.71 | 5.29M |
McDonald's | MCD | 33.05 | 33.11 | 32.70 | 32.96 | 5.1M |
Amazon | AMZN | 35.01 | 35.65 | 34.88 | 35.48 | 4.47M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 56.25 | 56.25 | 54.53 | 55.24 | 4.34M |
Pepsico | PEP | 59.24 | 59.86 | 59.11 | 59.29 | 3.96M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 66.17 | 66.90 | 66.17 | 66.48 | 3.95M |
Boeing | BA | 85.25 | 85.48 | 84.05 | 84.85 | 3.09M |
United Technologies | UTX | 61.19 | 61.25 | 60.50 | 60.98 | 2.24M |
3M | MMM | 79.43 | 80.61 | 79.05 | 79.89 | 2.14M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 88.21 | 89.70 | 87.25 | 87.30 | 1.53M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3082.00 | 3085.00 | 3063.00 | 3080.00 | 19.7K |
Exchange Rates of June 20th, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 114.860 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.118 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.895 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.238 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.808 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 8.001 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 144.520 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.683 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.465 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.704 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.587 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.407 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.711 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.558 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.642 EUR |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.496 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.401 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.060 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.486 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 = 0.914 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.094 AUD |
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