Financial news on April 24th, 2009
Business and Financial news
With Britain's real estate market continuing to struggle, many homeowners are deciding to renovate rather than take the risk of trying to sell and buy something new. Read more..
With more losses in sight, the commercial lender suspended its dividend and announced the elimination of an additional 140 jobs. Read more..
The nation’s 19 biggest banks will start learning Friday how they fared in federal examinations — and which among them will need another bailout. Read more..
Despite ending higher, the major indexes were on pace to post their first weekly drop after six weeks of almost uninterrupted gains. Read more..
His plans foiled by a court a day earlier, Richard Li, the chairman of PCCW, said he abandoned his bid to privatize the company. Read more..
Pension experts predict that a government takeover of the plans at G.M. and Chrysler would spur other auto companies and all types of manufacturers to abandon such benefits for competitive reasons. Read more..
Hollywood studios say software that lets users save digital copies of DVDs hurts the movie industry. Read more..
A record percentage of senior debt is on the lowest rungs of credit quality, making conditions favorable for the default rate on corporate loans and bonds to skyrocket in the near future. Read more..
The Treasury Department has reached an agreement in principle with the autoworkers union in the event that Chrysler, which is negotiating with Fiat, files for bankruptcy. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 20,63 | 21,97 | 20,05 | 21,40 | 222M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 19,82 | 21,20 | 19,50 | 20,91 | 168M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 33,66 | 34,50 | 32,25 | 33,38 | 117M |
General Electric | GE | 12,03 | 12,35 | 11,95 | 12,11 | 97.4M |
Intel | INTC | 15,61 | 15,74 | 15,30 | 15,62 | 67.6M |
Pfizer | PFE | 13,31 | 13,38 | 12,99 | 13,17 | 65.6M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18,12 | 18,50 | 17,97 | 18,42 | 55.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19,75 | 20,18 | 19,65 | 19,79 | 43M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 66,21 | 67,00 | 65,91 | 66,57 | 32.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25,56 | 25,76 | 25,00 | 25,16 | 28.2M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48,82 | 49,56 | 47,72 | 47,87 | 26.9M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 31,13 | 31,29 | 30,53 | 31,00 | 26M |
Amazon | AMZN | 82,03 | 86,68 | 80,73 | 84,46 | 23.5M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 40,76 | 41,96 | 40,60 | 41,21 | 22.1M |
Merck | MRK | 23,27 | 23,55 | 23,05 | 23,45 | 22.1M |
Home Depot | HD | 25,93 | 26,82 | 25,56 | 26,31 | 21.9M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 49,82 | 50,92 | 48,55 | 49,73 | 20.5M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 43,57 | 43,90 | 42,88 | 43,09 | 19.4M |
Apple | AAPL | 124,64 | 125,14 | 122,97 | 123,90 | 19.3M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 13,65 | 14,04 | 13,42 | 13,89 | 19M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 34,97 | 36,00 | 34,83 | 35,80 | 17.8M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 19,84 | 20,46 | 19,56 | 20,26 | 16.6M |
Amgen | AMGN | 48,07 | 50,02 | 47,69 | 49,83 | 16.1M |
Altria | MO | 16,95 | 17,24 | 16,76 | 16,92 | 14.9M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 51,76 | 51,84 | 50,64 | 50,92 | 14.8M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 42,95 | 43,09 | 42,57 | 42,79 | 14.7M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 23,43 | 23,61 | 22,56 | 23,06 | 14.6M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 20,19 | 20,30 | 19,99 | 20,10 | 14.4M |
Chevron | CVX | 66,24 | 67,34 | 66,01 | 66,60 | 12.6M |
3M | MMM | 54,26 | 57,02 | 53,74 | 57,00 | 11.5M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 49,50 | 49,89 | 49,02 | 49,51 | 11.3M |
Pepsico | PEP | 48,31 | 48,92 | 47,93 | 48,52 | 11.3M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 101,17 | 101,58 | 99,50 | 100,08 | 10.2M |
McDonald's | MCD | 55,17 | 55,45 | 54,05 | 54,31 | 9.94M |
Visa | V | 59,31 | 60,75 | 58,04 | 60,38 | 9.92M |
Boeing | BA | 38,10 | 39,01 | 37,75 | 38,72 | 8.35M |
United Technologies | UTX | 48,26 | 49,68 | 47,84 | 49,37 | 7.7M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 386,05 | 393,18 | 380,50 | 389,49 | 6.76M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 45,75 | 46,12 | 45,42 | 45,80 | 6.3M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 49,71 | 50,40 | 48,20 | 49,13 | 6.03M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2845,00 | 2930,00 | 2809,00 | 2910,00 | 54K |
Exchange Rates of April 24th, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 97,140 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,209 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,827 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,139 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,878 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,826 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 128,700 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,902 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,108 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,831 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,546 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,602 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,624 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,508 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,663 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,040 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,111 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,701 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,427 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,423 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,703 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,244 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,804 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,172 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,853 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,029 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,493 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,775 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,563 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,671 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,598 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,009 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,100 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,874 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,144 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,823 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,215 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4,942 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,202 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,940 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,064 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5,645 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,177 CAD |
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