Financial news on October 20th, 2008
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 20.26 | 20.37 | 19.43 | 20.14 | 94.6M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 24.20 | 24.75 | 23.01 | 24.72 | 93.5M |
| Intel | INTC | 15.50 | 16.11 | 15.44 | 16.04 | 74.1M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18.35 | 19.01 | 17.81 | 18.96 | 66.7M |
| Apple | AAPL | 99.78 | 100.03 | 93.64 | 98.44 | 55.3M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 17.25 | 17.49 | 16.86 | 17.34 | 54M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 32.73 | 33.00 | 31.10 | 32.23 | 52.1M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 70.37 | 75.00 | 69.74 | 74.99 | 44.9M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 40.01 | 40.70 | 38.80 | 40.66 | 44.7M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.36 | 18.16 | 17.10 | 18.16 | 42.6M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25.68 | 27.08 | 25.29 | 26.99 | 35.2M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.65 | 54.69 | 52.38 | 54.43 | 28.4M |
| Merck | MRK | 29.26 | 31.31 | 28.63 | 31.00 | 27.2M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 18.15 | 18.62 | 17.90 | 18.40 | 27.1M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 54.40 | 58.00 | 52.81 | 57.73 | 22.7M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 15.28 | 15.97 | 15.22 | 15.97 | 22.5M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 40.30 | 41.27 | 39.10 | 41.01 | 21.7M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 55.92 | 57.99 | 55.37 | 57.55 | 19.8M |
| Altria | MO | 19.93 | 20.44 | 19.51 | 20.36 | 19.6M |
| Home Depot | HD | 20.47 | 21.00 | 20.11 | 20.78 | 18.4M |
| Chevron | CVX | 64.10 | 70.00 | 64.00 | 69.61 | 18.3M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63.44 | 64.53 | 62.15 | 64.44 | 18M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 27.61 | 29.04 | 27.22 | 28.99 | 16.6M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 62.54 | 64.12 | 61.10 | 63.91 | 16.6M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 51.79 | 55.96 | 51.62 | 55.74 | 16.2M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 24.96 | 26.55 | 24.59 | 26.55 | 14.1M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 45.09 | 46.87 | 44.53 | 46.46 | 13.9M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 379.75 | 380.98 | 359.59 | 379.32 | 13.5M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 54.54 | 56.76 | 53.85 | 56.76 | 13.1M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 51.35 | 52.29 | 49.25 | 52.23 | 11M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 43.03 | 46.57 | 42.94 | 46.49 | 10.8M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 50.55 | 53.45 | 50.33 | 53.35 | 10.2M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 92.21 | 93.31 | 89.33 | 92.51 | 9.75M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 24.62 | 25.61 | 24.20 | 25.51 | 9.74M |
| Visa | V | 53.31 | 53.82 | 51.12 | 52.01 | 8.99M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 54.87 | 56.86 | 54.28 | 56.84 | 8.88M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 52.17 | 53.10 | 49.91 | 52.97 | 8.45M |
| Boeing | BA | 44.74 | 46.77 | 43.72 | 46.71 | 7.81M |
| 3M | MMM | 57.67 | 57.67 | 55.00 | 57.51 | 6.67M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 57.06 | 59.20 | 55.54 | 58.88 | 6.36M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4040.00 | 4132.00 | 4020.00 | 4129.00 | 39K |
Exchange Rates of October 20th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 102.120 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.192 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.839 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.150 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.869 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.830 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 136.080 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.777 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.287 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.895 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.528 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.590 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.629 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.534 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.652 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.107 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.110 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.571 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.753 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.392 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.719 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.167 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.857 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.126 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.888 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.438 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.410 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.045 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.489 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.973 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.507 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.713 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.085 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.838 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.193 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.809 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.236 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.806 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.208 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.965 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.037 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.727 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.175 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.934 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.169 CHF |
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