Financial news on August 21, 2009
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 14.16 | 14.28 | 14.00 | 14.21 | 90.6M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 23.93 | 24.42 | 23.77 | 24.41 | 69M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 16.49 | 16.72 | 16.27 | 16.64 | 64.8M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 22.08 | 22.27 | 21.77 | 22.19 | 56.6M |
| Intel | INTC | 18.89 | 18.92 | 18.55 | 18.89 | 55.2M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.91 | 28.08 | 27.62 | 27.94 | 51.1M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42.86 | 43.81 | 42.53 | 43.66 | 42.9M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25.88 | 26.12 | 25.60 | 26.00 | 30.8M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.14 | 22.14 | 21.74 | 22.11 | 29.6M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 14.83 | 15.17 | 14.49 | 15.07 | 26.2M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 69.45 | 70.00 | 69.21 | 69.92 | 26.2M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 51.97 | 52.10 | 51.25 | 51.36 | 21.1M |
| Merck | MRK | 31.65 | 32.72 | 31.45 | 32.56 | 20.7M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 43.98 | 44.31 | 43.75 | 44.20 | 20.6M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 44.20 | 44.84 | 43.83 | 44.78 | 18.9M |
| Home Depot | HD | 26.94 | 27.53 | 26.66 | 27.50 | 18.7M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 45.58 | 46.00 | 45.32 | 45.39 | 17.7M |
| Altria | MO | 18.01 | 18.10 | 17.83 | 18.04 | 17.1M |
| Chevron | CVX | 69.46 | 69.95 | 69.06 | 69.73 | 15.3M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 31.06 | 31.47 | 30.71 | 31.37 | 15M |
| Apple | AAPL | 167.65 | 169.37 | 166.80 | 169.22 | 14.9M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 26.05 | 26.86 | 25.87 | 26.79 | 13.7M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 54.53 | 56.68 | 54.02 | 56.56 | 13.4M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 53.45 | 53.77 | 53.00 | 53.58 | 13.3M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.37 | 22.74 | 22.35 | 22.57 | 13.2M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61.09 | 61.42 | 60.61 | 61.03 | 12.6M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 57.07 | 57.73 | 56.80 | 57.49 | 8.89M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 49.60 | 49.98 | 49.25 | 49.91 | 8.82M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 119.65 | 120.01 | 118.55 | 119.90 | 8.31M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 28.72 | 29.05 | 28.27 | 28.92 | 8.18M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.39 | 46.87 | 45.95 | 46.09 | 8M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 56.50 | 56.62 | 56.05 | 56.27 | 7.67M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 465.54 | 466.09 | 462.65 | 465.24 | 7.11M |
| Visa | V | 68.34 | 69.05 | 67.85 | 69.00 | 6.86M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 57.68 | 58.84 | 57.22 | 58.71 | 6.82M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 60.83 | 61.01 | 59.70 | 60.64 | 6.61M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 84.78 | 85.06 | 83.54 | 85.00 | 6.13M |
| Boeing | BA | 45.18 | 46.02 | 44.92 | 45.87 | 5.53M |
| 3M | MMM | 72.00 | 72.91 | 71.26 | 72.64 | 4.32M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 61.70 | 62.52 | 60.72 | 61.95 | 3.61M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3314.00 | 3331.00 | 3295.00 | 3329.50 | 21.9K |
Exchange Rates of August 21, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 94.420 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.082 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.924 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.059 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.945 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.832 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 135.230 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.868 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.152 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.717 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.582 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.549 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.645 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.516 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.660 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.785 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.102 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.642 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.559 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.268 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.788 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.145 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.873 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.121 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.892 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.977 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.506 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.785 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.560 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.746 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.573 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.258 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.089 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.901 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.109 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.882 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.133 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.698 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.176 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.979 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.022 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.314 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.158 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.451 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 CHF |
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