Financial news on August 23rd, 2006
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 18.48 | 18.56 | 18.24 | 18.38 | 58.4M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 25.65 | 25.95 | 25.52 | 25.67 | 44.6M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 15.48 | 15.49 | 15.23 | 15.32 | 37.8M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21.20 | 21.33 | 20.83 | 21.05 | 36.6M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 26.88 | 27.15 | 26.86 | 27.14 | 21.2M |
| Apple | AAPL | 68.00 | 68.65 | 66.94 | 67.31 | 19.2M |
| General Electric | GE | 33.75 | 33.87 | 33.60 | 33.79 | 18.2M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 70.08 | 70.23 | 69.04 | 69.63 | 17.7M |
| Home Depot | HD | 33.75 | 33.90 | 33.51 | 33.65 | 14.5M |
| Merck | MRK | 39.85 | 40.59 | 39.78 | 40.46 | 10.8M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 34.50 | 34.84 | 34.30 | 34.39 | 10.8M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 44.10 | 44.15 | 43.48 | 43.76 | 10.6M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.84 | 21.92 | 21.53 | 21.63 | 9.95M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.62 | 29.80 | 29.01 | 29.19 | 9.2M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48.98 | 49.16 | 48.76 | 49.00 | 9.18M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 35.20 | 35.48 | 35.01 | 35.26 | 9.01M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 45.20 | 45.64 | 45.16 | 45.52 | 8.73M |
| Chevron | CVX | 66.44 | 66.64 | 65.42 | 65.68 | 7.57M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 377.64 | 378.27 | 372.66 | 373.43 | 7.28M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 30.58 | 30.71 | 30.32 | 30.48 | 7.22M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34.89 | 34.97 | 34.58 | 34.91 | 7.2M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 66.99 | 67.19 | 65.75 | 65.99 | 7.18M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 35.05 | 35.27 | 34.61 | 34.86 | 7.04M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.00 | 64.06 | 63.80 | 63.91 | 6.59M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 65.30 | 65.65 | 63.99 | 64.29 | 5.57M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 66.90 | 67.48 | 66.81 | 67.32 | 5.35M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 60.90 | 61.45 | 60.73 | 60.92 | 4.75M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 28.56 | 28.89 | 27.77 | 28.14 | 4.73M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 35.56 | 35.74 | 35.26 | 35.59 | 3.89M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 63.45 | 64.14 | 63.31 | 64.07 | 3.82M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 44.33 | 44.44 | 44.13 | 44.32 | 3.78M |
| Altria | MO | 83.63 | 83.95 | 83.47 | 83.67 | 3.74M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 78.95 | 79.47 | 78.42 | 78.67 | 3.43M |
| 3M | MMM | 71.05 | 71.43 | 70.04 | 70.34 | 2.78M |
| Boeing | BA | 77.00 | 77.55 | 76.07 | 76.36 | 2.49M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 63.69 | 63.74 | 62.55 | 63.14 | 2.35M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 49.65 | 49.95 | 49.45 | 49.64 | 2.21M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 60.66 | 61.26 | 60.39 | 60.77 | 1.88M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 81.80 | 82.28 | 80.96 | 81.50 | 1.1M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3181.00 | 3189.50 | 3165.00 | 3173.00 | 13.3K |
Exchange Rates of August 23rd, 2006
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 116.370 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.112 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.899 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.235 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.810 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.969 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 148.810 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.675 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.481 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.676 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.597 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.422 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.703 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.580 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.633 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.454 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.205 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.126 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.888 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.955 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.047 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.061 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.942 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.482 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.403 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.105 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.475 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.338 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.428 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.848 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.180 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.942 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.062 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.110 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.901 CAD |
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