Financial news on May 20, 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 20, 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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