Financial news on August 24th, 2006
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 18.38 | 18.57 | 18.31 | 18.56 | 48.2M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 15.39 | 15.50 | 15.23 | 15.38 | 41.9M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21.31 | 21.42 | 20.97 | 21.09 | 36.3M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 25.82 | 25.86 | 25.50 | 25.74 | 35.9M |
| Apple | AAPL | 67.89 | 68.19 | 66.27 | 67.81 | 23.4M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 27.19 | 27.35 | 27.01 | 27.24 | 22.2M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 69.79 | 70.83 | 69.61 | 70.72 | 20.5M |
| Home Depot | HD | 33.62 | 33.65 | 33.08 | 33.41 | 16.2M |
| General Electric | GE | 33.84 | 34.01 | 33.75 | 33.85 | 14.6M |
| Merck | MRK | 40.65 | 40.88 | 39.95 | 40.06 | 12M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.30 | 65.13 | 64.24 | 64.62 | 10.7M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.17 | 29.31 | 28.82 | 28.95 | 10.5M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48.83 | 49.26 | 48.76 | 48.82 | 9.73M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 30.61 | 30.67 | 30.45 | 30.47 | 9.04M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 45.70 | 45.97 | 45.63 | 45.68 | 8.68M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 35.27 | 35.45 | 35.17 | 35.38 | 8.48M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 65.64 | 66.20 | 65.55 | 65.90 | 7.94M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 34.60 | 34.75 | 34.52 | 34.65 | 7.86M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 43.76 | 43.96 | 43.66 | 43.70 | 7.48M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 35.04 | 35.38 | 34.86 | 34.96 | 7.39M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.63 | 21.78 | 21.59 | 21.64 | 7.25M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.00 | 35.24 | 34.97 | 35.21 | 7.03M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 374.44 | 376.40 | 372.26 | 373.73 | 6.96M |
| Altria | MO | 84.00 | 84.50 | 83.69 | 84.46 | 5.47M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 64.25 | 64.44 | 63.30 | 63.85 | 5.39M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 60.88 | 61.38 | 60.82 | 61.05 | 5.35M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 49.69 | 51.30 | 49.64 | 51.16 | 5.34M |
| Chevron | CVX | 65.68 | 66.73 | 65.62 | 66.73 | 5.34M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 44.30 | 44.60 | 44.18 | 44.51 | 5.16M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 28.24 | 28.25 | 27.54 | 27.97 | 4.52M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 35.59 | 35.88 | 35.16 | 35.88 | 4.33M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 64.00 | 64.56 | 63.85 | 64.14 | 4.27M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 67.66 | 67.77 | 66.66 | 67.11 | 3.79M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 78.90 | 79.50 | 78.87 | 79.38 | 3.47M |
| Boeing | BA | 76.85 | 77.04 | 75.00 | 75.24 | 3.31M |
| 3M | MMM | 70.50 | 70.58 | 69.65 | 70.10 | 2.48M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 60.91 | 61.26 | 60.77 | 60.99 | 2.29M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 63.17 | 64.13 | 63.16 | 63.70 | 2.11M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 81.50 | 81.83 | 80.43 | 80.57 | 1.4M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3183.00 | 3229.00 | 3183.00 | 3208.00 | 31.8K |
Exchange Rates of August 24th, 2006
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 116.480 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.110 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.901 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.239 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.807 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.969 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 148.700 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.676 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.479 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.676 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.597 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.416 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.706 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.581 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.633 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.454 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.201 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.127 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.888 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.952 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.050 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.063 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.941 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.479 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.403 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.095 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.477 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.338 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.428 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.845 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.184 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.943 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.061 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.116 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.896 CAD |
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