Financial news on November 24th, 2008
Business and Financial news
Another Crisis, Another Guarantee
Will the latest rescue by the U.S. government finally restore confidence in the American financial system? Read more..
Britain Poised to Announce Stimulus
The British government is expected on Monday to announce a cut in the sales tax as part of a package of measures to stimulate the economy. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 14.63 | 15.91 | 14.26 | 15.26 | 159M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 23.92 | 28.34 | 22.50 | 27.58 | 137M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 19.89 | 20.94 | 19.87 | 20.69 | 125M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 22.98 | 26.16 | 22.75 | 26.02 | 99.3M |
| Intel | INTC | 13.33 | 13.70 | 13.12 | 13.56 | 98.1M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 15.44 | 16.46 | 15.28 | 16.40 | 79.8M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 16.57 | 16.99 | 16.32 | 16.64 | 75.4M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 76.82 | 80.23 | 75.31 | 78.80 | 75M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 15.96 | 16.49 | 15.44 | 16.04 | 73.9M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25.77 | 27.75 | 25.75 | 26.94 | 55M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 14.15 | 15.34 | 14.04 | 15.28 | 51.6M |
| Apple | AAPL | 85.21 | 94.79 | 84.84 | 92.95 | 51.5M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 35.10 | 36.00 | 33.46 | 35.70 | 33.6M |
| Home Depot | HD | 19.62 | 21.91 | 18.86 | 21.42 | 31.8M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.00 | 30.73 | 28.96 | 29.73 | 31.2M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53.30 | 54.11 | 52.23 | 52.77 | 30.4M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 51.95 | 51.95 | 50.39 | 50.78 | 30.2M |
| Altria | MO | 15.99 | 15.99 | 15.23 | 15.43 | 30.1M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 47.55 | 51.42 | 45.92 | 49.51 | 29.2M |
| Chevron | CVX | 71.66 | 77.75 | 70.16 | 74.30 | 27.5M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.44 | 65.00 | 62.68 | 64.68 | 26.1M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 19.45 | 20.50 | 19.16 | 20.10 | 25.1M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 45.97 | 46.94 | 44.58 | 46.39 | 24.2M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 21.36 | 22.91 | 20.60 | 22.20 | 24M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 59.22 | 59.89 | 57.92 | 59.11 | 20.5M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 269.26 | 269.95 | 249.01 | 257.44 | 20.1M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 44.49 | 46.11 | 43.70 | 45.23 | 18.4M |
| Merck | MRK | 24.84 | 25.96 | 24.38 | 25.44 | 17.2M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 55.64 | 56.49 | 54.99 | 55.99 | 15.1M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 75.74 | 82.09 | 75.00 | 79.89 | 15M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 38.79 | 43.44 | 38.70 | 42.50 | 14.5M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 54.90 | 56.91 | 52.92 | 55.66 | 14.4M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 55.54 | 56.50 | 55.00 | 55.51 | 13.5M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 17.57 | 19.40 | 17.28 | 19.07 | 13.5M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 48.36 | 49.73 | 45.60 | 47.50 | 12.5M |
| Visa | V | 47.61 | 50.00 | 45.78 | 49.72 | 11.2M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 42.28 | 42.97 | 41.19 | 42.73 | 10.7M |
| 3M | MMM | 62.00 | 64.24 | 61.00 | 63.26 | 10.6M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 47.17 | 49.87 | 46.13 | 49.11 | 10M |
| Boeing | BA | 40.05 | 41.25 | 38.89 | 40.75 | 9.68M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3040.00 | 3247.00 | 2950.00 | 2950.00 | 115K |
Exchange Rates of November 24th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 97.070 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.231 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.812 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.193 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.838 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.826 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.147 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 125.910 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.853 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.173 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.980 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.505 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.595 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.627 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.546 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.647 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.821 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.113 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.677 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.478 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.572 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.636 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.266 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.790 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.226 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.816 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.321 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.431 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.871 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.535 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.812 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.552 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.343 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.097 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.805 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.242 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.780 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.282 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.455 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.224 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.968 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.033 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.546 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.180 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.709 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.175 CHF |
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