Financial news on December 21, 2006
Business and Financial news
Disparity Emerges in Lilly Data on Schizophrenia Drug
Eli Lilly is said to have provided information about the risks of its drug Zyprexa that did not match data that the company circulated internally. Read more..
Publicis Plans to Buy Digitas to Add to Online Presence
The $1.3 billion deal will catapult Publicis into the upper ranks of digital advertising agencies. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 20.60 | 20.67 | 20.21 | 20.37 | 49M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 34.98 | 35.65 | 34.85 | 35.17 | 38.2M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.14 | 17.20 | 17.09 | 17.10 | 34.7M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 26.24 | 26.34 | 26.00 | 26.07 | 33.7M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 27.50 | 27.60 | 27.22 | 27.29 | 32.4M |
| Apple | AAPL | 84.70 | 85.48 | 82.20 | 82.90 | 32.3M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 30.13 | 30.14 | 29.89 | 29.98 | 32.3M |
| General Electric | GE | 38.03 | 38.06 | 37.63 | 37.77 | 24.8M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 76.09 | 76.55 | 75.16 | 75.87 | 17.2M |
| Home Depot | HD | 39.25 | 39.37 | 38.65 | 38.91 | 14.8M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 464.19 | 465.25 | 452.34 | 456.20 | 13.9M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 41.10 | 41.23 | 40.50 | 40.80 | 13.3M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 72.58 | 72.83 | 71.44 | 72.07 | 12.4M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 45.95 | 46.06 | 45.61 | 45.71 | 11.3M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 48.42 | 48.97 | 48.33 | 48.65 | 10.8M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.63 | 36.85 | 36.55 | 36.68 | 9.44M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66.23 | 66.38 | 65.88 | 66.00 | 8.73M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 64.85 | 65.14 | 63.33 | 63.87 | 8.61M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 53.89 | 54.46 | 53.63 | 53.93 | 8.17M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 47.86 | 48.00 | 47.46 | 48.00 | 8M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 42.69 | 42.99 | 42.32 | 42.73 | 7.8M |
| Chevron | CVX | 73.66 | 74.16 | 72.54 | 73.23 | 7.54M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.75 | 26.09 | 25.58 | 26.05 | 7.45M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 48.75 | 48.87 | 48.63 | 48.66 | 7.19M |
| Merck | MRK | 43.31 | 43.70 | 43.17 | 43.27 | 7M |
| Altria | MO | 85.96 | 86.24 | 85.63 | 85.72 | 6.56M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 39.87 | 40.34 | 39.65 | 39.89 | 6.55M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.60 | 34.80 | 34.43 | 34.54 | 6.38M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 64.30 | 64.50 | 63.92 | 64.05 | 6.07M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 44.00 | 44.20 | 43.73 | 43.87 | 5.51M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.89 | 36.06 | 35.86 | 35.89 | 5.32M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 64.97 | 65.85 | 64.74 | 65.37 | 5.23M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 69.30 | 69.78 | 68.88 | 69.22 | 5M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 95.86 | 96.50 | 95.53 | 95.91 | 4.41M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 63.22 | 63.59 | 62.65 | 62.76 | 4.06M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 63.38 | 63.50 | 63.04 | 63.39 | 3.07M |
| Boeing | BA | 89.80 | 90.40 | 89.46 | 89.94 | 2.83M |
| 3M | MMM | 79.00 | 79.31 | 78.75 | 78.81 | 2.37M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 91.40 | 92.80 | 91.18 | 91.20 | 1.31M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3705.00 | 3738.00 | 3642.00 | 3658.00 | 19.6K |
Exchange Rates of December 21, 2006
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118.330 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.155 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.866 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.216 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.822 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.816 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.128 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 155.920 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.672 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.489 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.680 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.595 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.522 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.657 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.603 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.624 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.431 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.322 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.077 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.929 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.976 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.025 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.028 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.973 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.501 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.400 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.265 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.441 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.385 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.419 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.905 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.105 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.953 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.049 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.053 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.950 CAD |
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