Financial news on May 20th, 2008
Business and Financial news
Rising Food Prices Sharpen a European Debate
The Common Agricultural Policy, the European Union’s farm subsidy program, has been a contentious issue among member countries for many years. Read more..
Shares of Bell Canada Drop as a Buyout Deal Unravels
The uncertainty of the proposed $51.8 billion leveraged buyout of Bell Canada caused shares of the company to drop 5.6 percent in New York on Monday. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 29,28 | 29,31 | 28,63 | 28,76 | 75.8M |
| Intel | INTC | 24,55 | 24,62 | 23,80 | 24,09 | 73.9M |
| General Electric | GE | 32,25 | 32,27 | 31,55 | 31,72 | 68.6M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 45,61 | 45,66 | 43,50 | 43,70 | 49M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26,15 | 26,46 | 25,66 | 25,85 | 41.1M |
| Home Depot | HD | 28,10 | 28,19 | 27,00 | 27,37 | 39.8M |
| Apple | AAPL | 181,83 | 186,16 | 180,12 | 185,90 | 34.6M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28,29 | 29,10 | 27,75 | 28,05 | 31.5M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 94,49 | 94,88 | 93,93 | 94,56 | 26.9M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22,25 | 22,44 | 22,05 | 22,16 | 25.9M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 40,26 | 40,42 | 39,25 | 39,37 | 24.5M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 56,20 | 56,39 | 55,48 | 55,95 | 21.8M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 46,68 | 46,83 | 45,88 | 46,46 | 21.7M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 93,38 | 94,14 | 93,06 | 93,55 | 20.8M |
| Altria | MO | 22,56 | 22,80 | 22,38 | 22,44 | 20.5M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 33,65 | 34,19 | 33,46 | 34,05 | 19.4M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 20,19 | 20,25 | 20,01 | 20,05 | 19.4M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 38,83 | 38,86 | 37,55 | 37,83 | 16.7M |
| Chevron | CVX | 102,76 | 103,25 | 102,22 | 103,09 | 16.3M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 21,93 | 22,15 | 21,88 | 21,90 | 15.2M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34,50 | 34,60 | 33,98 | 34,09 | 12.6M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66,44 | 66,94 | 66,04 | 66,15 | 12.6M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22,02 | 22,39 | 22,00 | 22,08 | 12.1M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 66,63 | 66,80 | 65,74 | 65,86 | 11.9M |
| Merck | MRK | 39,79 | 40,45 | 39,60 | 39,74 | 11.1M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 55,17 | 55,30 | 54,46 | 54,68 | 10.6M |
| Visa | V | 82,88 | 83,84 | 81,91 | 82,74 | 10.2M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 57,50 | 57,65 | 56,96 | 57,09 | 8.98M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 60,28 | 60,45 | 59,14 | 59,68 | 8.62M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 107,00 | 107,52 | 104,85 | 105,92 | 8.42M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 82,17 | 82,70 | 80,03 | 80,72 | 7.91M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 126,05 | 126,05 | 124,45 | 125,18 | 7.02M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 574,63 | 582,48 | 572,91 | 578,60 | 6.62M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 42,40 | 42,92 | 42,40 | 42,45 | 6.4M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 67,57 | 67,96 | 67,22 | 67,46 | 6.28M |
| Boeing | BA | 87,05 | 87,05 | 84,61 | 85,14 | 5.7M |
| 3M | MMM | 79,04 | 79,06 | 77,08 | 77,53 | 5.22M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 74,15 | 74,25 | 73,01 | 73,40 | 5.02M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 53,04 | 54,08 | 53,04 | 53,87 | 4.6M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 153,05 | 154,36 | 151,65 | 153,58 | 2.95M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4157,00 | 4167,00 | 4081,00 | 4101,00 | 27.8K |
Exchange Rates of May 20th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 103,620 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0,991 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,009 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,037 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,965 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,974 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,143 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 162,190 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,795 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,257 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,633 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,612 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,552 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,644 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,623 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,616 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,490 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,040 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,006 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,994 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,956 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,046 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,000 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,000 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,053 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,487 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,951 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,513 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,039 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,490 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,950 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,053 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,993 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,007 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,045 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,957 CAD |
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