Financial news on December 21st, 2012
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27.45 | 27.49 | 27.00 | 27.45 | 98.8M |
| General Electric | GE | 20.84 | 20.99 | 20.56 | 20.88 | 80.8M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19.95 | 20.05 | 19.59 | 19.96 | 67.6M |
| Intel | INTC | 20.66 | 20.85 | 20.48 | 20.77 | 62M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 25.39 | 25.52 | 25.05 | 25.08 | 61.7M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 33.94 | 34.14 | 33.52 | 33.67 | 55.4M |
| FB | 26.66 | 27.01 | 26.12 | 26.26 | 54.6M | |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 33.51 | 33.92 | 33.20 | 33.76 | 45.6M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43.82 | 44.20 | 43.34 | 44.00 | 39M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34.69 | 34.88 | 34.20 | 34.48 | 37.1M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 87.66 | 88.60 | 87.01 | 87.23 | 33.1M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 65.21 | 66.06 | 65.00 | 66.05 | 31.2M |
| Merck | MRK | 42.42 | 42.46 | 41.45 | 41.52 | 28.7M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 37.00 | 37.19 | 36.53 | 36.89 | 27.9M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 14.22 | 14.34 | 14.05 | 14.34 | 26.4M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 37.63 | 37.66 | 37.01 | 37.23 | 26.2M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 70.56 | 70.75 | 70.06 | 70.27 | 22.1M |
| Apple | AAPL | 512.47 | 519.67 | 510.24 | 519.33 | 21.3M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 43.55 | 43.98 | 43.25 | 43.57 | 21.1M |
| Altria | MO | 32.11 | 32.20 | 31.40 | 31.85 | 20.4M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 69.43 | 69.82 | 68.38 | 68.72 | 17.7M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 50.41 | 50.75 | 49.68 | 50.00 | 16M |
| Home Depot | HD | 61.32 | 61.72 | 60.55 | 61.32 | 15.9M |
| Chevron | CVX | 109.57 | 110.30 | 108.56 | 109.71 | 15.6M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 58.54 | 59.03 | 58.21 | 58.61 | 15.3M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 32.39 | 32.64 | 32.18 | 32.56 | 13.8M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 68.87 | 69.16 | 68.27 | 68.65 | 13.2M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 70.22 | 70.55 | 68.92 | 69.69 | 12.5M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 89.65 | 90.19 | 89.11 | 90.18 | 10.7M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 90.09 | 90.75 | 89.66 | 89.83 | 10.1M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 55.38 | 55.52 | 54.43 | 55.03 | 9.44M |
| General Motors | GM | 26.74 | 27.38 | 26.54 | 27.32 | 8.77M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 69.98 | 70.09 | 69.23 | 69.63 | 8.75M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 193.10 | 194.50 | 191.57 | 193.42 | 8.23M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 72.87 | 73.84 | 72.13 | 72.78 | 7.91M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 87.97 | 87.97 | 86.34 | 87.16 | 7.25M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 82.37 | 82.87 | 81.40 | 82.54 | 7.17M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 713.97 | 718.82 | 710.52 | 715.63 | 7.04M |
| Boeing | BA | 75.08 | 76.22 | 74.58 | 76.17 | 6.83M |
| 3M | MMM | 92.78 | 93.66 | 91.94 | 93.10 | 5.98M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 257.82 | 258.38 | 255.74 | 256.92 | 4.7M |
| Visa | V | 150.97 | 151.98 | 149.96 | 150.77 | 3.48M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 124.86 | 126.16 | 124.29 | 125.68 | 2.69M |
Exchange Rates of December 21st, 2012
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 84.220 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.012 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.993 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.007 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.915 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.092 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.229 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.161 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 111.030 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.815 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.227 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.267 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.789 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.310 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.763 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.208 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.828 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.216 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.122 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.734 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.363 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.140 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.877 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.179 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.848 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.087 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.920 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.554 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.644 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.606 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.623 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.481 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.675 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.078 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.099 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1.033 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.968 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.952 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.050 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.486 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.154 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.922 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.085 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.274 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.159 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.800 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.147 CHF |
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