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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