Financial news on March 22, 2010
Business and Financial news
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Pfizer | PFE | 17,00 | 17,25 | 16,98 | 17,15 | 71.1M |
General Electric | GE | 17,86 | 18,13 | 17,80 | 18,07 | 64.9M |
Intel | INTC | 21,87 | 22,30 | 21,84 | 22,24 | 47.4M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29,50 | 29,70 | 29,39 | 29,60 | 37.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 25,92 | 26,38 | 25,89 | 26,28 | 31.9M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 30,09 | 30,59 | 30,05 | 30,41 | 28.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 25,19 | 25,70 | 25,16 | 25,56 | 24.9M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26,19 | 26,54 | 26,08 | 26,40 | 24.5M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43,07 | 43,79 | 43,04 | 43,74 | 23.3M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 66,49 | 67,20 | 66,32 | 66,97 | 21.4M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 34,47 | 35,16 | 33,21 | 33,30 | 20.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 220,47 | 226,00 | 220,15 | 224,75 | 16.3M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 62,70 | 64,30 | 62,04 | 63,49 | 15.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 52,13 | 53,04 | 52,13 | 52,95 | 15.7M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53,40 | 54,23 | 53,30 | 53,87 | 15.7M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 17,41 | 17,88 | 17,40 | 17,78 | 15.6M |
Merck | MRK | 38,08 | 39,04 | 38,03 | 38,30 | 15.5M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25,93 | 26,60 | 25,90 | 26,48 | 15.3M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 30,28 | 30,72 | 30,28 | 30,65 | 13.6M |
Home Depot | HD | 32,14 | 32,79 | 32,14 | 32,67 | 11.7M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33,47 | 34,19 | 33,42 | 33,95 | 11.7M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 51,44 | 52,26 | 51,34 | 52,10 | 10.8M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 55,31 | 56,04 | 55,13 | 55,62 | 9.87M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63,52 | 64,10 | 63,52 | 63,88 | 9.65M |
Altria | MO | 20,31 | 20,48 | 20,23 | 20,44 | 9.45M |
Chevron | CVX | 74,17 | 74,88 | 74,00 | 74,46 | 9.32M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 54,49 | 54,85 | 54,40 | 54,54 | 9.06M |
Boeing | BA | 71,66 | 72,64 | 71,51 | 71,91 | 9.01M |
Amgen | AMGN | 59,61 | 60,39 | 59,50 | 60,09 | 8.84M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65,07 | 65,44 | 64,98 | 65,10 | 8.8M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 556,11 | 566,85 | 554,28 | 557,50 | 8M |
McDonald's | MCD | 66,07 | 67,25 | 65,90 | 67,01 | 7.39M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 47,92 | 48,65 | 47,79 | 48,15 | 7.35M |
Pepsico | PEP | 66,43 | 66,56 | 66,15 | 66,31 | 6.76M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 127,11 | 128,39 | 126,57 | 127,98 | 5.65M |
Amazon | AMZN | 130,20 | 130,96 | 128,64 | 130,47 | 5.38M |
United Technologies | UTX | 72,66 | 73,03 | 72,57 | 72,61 | 5.18M |
Visa | V | 88,39 | 89,75 | 88,18 | 89,24 | 4.17M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 81,55 | 82,38 | 81,20 | 82,37 | 4.11M |
3M | MMM | 81,50 | 82,20 | 81,50 | 81,84 | 3.26M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 72,83 | 74,14 | 72,62 | 74,00 | 3.19M |
Exchange Rates of March 22, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 90,050 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,018 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,983 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,058 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,946 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,828 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 122,210 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,898 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,114 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,477 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,677 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,381 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,724 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,435 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,697 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,261 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,108 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,735 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,361 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,208 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,828 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,130 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,885 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,174 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,852 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,644 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,608 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,538 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,650 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,598 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,626 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,302 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,097 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,935 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,070 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,971 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,030 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6,267 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,160 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,039 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,963 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,705 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,149 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,453 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,155 CHF |
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