Financial news on August 21st, 2008
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 23.13 | 23.27 | 22.80 | 23.05 | 55M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27.10 | 27.23 | 26.86 | 27.18 | 43.6M |
| General Electric | GE | 28.30 | 28.82 | 28.20 | 28.75 | 37.6M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28.17 | 28.68 | 28.04 | 28.44 | 37.3M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 36.18 | 36.60 | 35.79 | 36.26 | 30.6M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 19.15 | 19.44 | 19.04 | 19.37 | 27M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 79.28 | 80.95 | 79.00 | 80.35 | 24.6M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.05 | 24.34 | 23.87 | 24.23 | 23.7M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.39 | 22.45 | 22.16 | 22.30 | 22.4M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 81.69 | 85.42 | 81.41 | 85.05 | 20.4M |
| Apple | AAPL | 174.47 | 175.45 | 171.89 | 174.29 | 19.3M |
| Home Depot | HD | 25.60 | 26.68 | 25.51 | 26.57 | 18.8M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 30.46 | 30.86 | 30.32 | 30.76 | 15.8M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 45.70 | 46.55 | 45.61 | 46.45 | 14.4M |
| Merck | MRK | 34.86 | 34.99 | 34.15 | 34.82 | 14.1M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 21.18 | 21.55 | 20.95 | 21.47 | 13.3M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.43 | 22.07 | 21.31 | 21.90 | 11.8M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 57.89 | 58.59 | 57.48 | 58.50 | 11.4M |
| Chevron | CVX | 87.25 | 89.10 | 87.14 | 88.52 | 11.2M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 96.86 | 100.00 | 96.85 | 98.96 | 11.1M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 34.10 | 34.74 | 34.01 | 34.57 | 10.1M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 69.83 | 70.11 | 69.29 | 69.90 | 9.72M |
| Altria | MO | 20.88 | 20.95 | 20.65 | 20.91 | 8.86M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 57.95 | 58.14 | 57.51 | 58.04 | 7.95M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 70.68 | 71.54 | 70.51 | 71.28 | 7.84M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 482.92 | 489.90 | 479.27 | 486.53 | 7.02M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.65 | 32.00 | 31.32 | 31.83 | 6.97M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 63.01 | 63.91 | 62.78 | 63.81 | 6.92M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 54.15 | 54.44 | 53.29 | 54.15 | 6.48M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 121.58 | 123.43 | 121.55 | 122.99 | 6.32M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 81.41 | 83.77 | 80.98 | 83.26 | 6.16M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 30.10 | 30.73 | 29.85 | 30.30 | 5.94M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 54.19 | 54.24 | 53.22 | 53.51 | 5.84M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 69.51 | 69.66 | 68.65 | 69.39 | 5.65M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 61.93 | 62.85 | 61.90 | 62.31 | 5.14M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 64.10 | 64.68 | 63.52 | 64.21 | 4.07M |
| Boeing | BA | 62.97 | 63.79 | 62.21 | 63.55 | 4.05M |
| Visa | V | 73.96 | 74.64 | 73.19 | 74.38 | 3.89M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 77.52 | 78.56 | 76.86 | 77.98 | 3.59M |
| 3M | MMM | 70.26 | 71.29 | 69.75 | 70.91 | 2.98M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3845.00 | 3860.00 | 3818.00 | 3835.00 | 14K |
Exchange Rates of August 21st, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 108.470 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.044 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.958 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.086 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.921 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.844 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 161.580 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.793 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.261 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.693 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.591 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.555 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.643 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.618 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.618 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.491 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.038 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.048 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.955 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.962 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.039 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.001 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.999 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.135 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.468 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.960 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.510 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.039 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.490 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.918 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.089 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.955 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.047 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.040 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.961 CAD |
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