Financial news on September 24, 2008
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 25,58 | 26,09 | 25,46 | 25,72 | 80.3M |
| Intel | INTC | 18,77 | 19,02 | 18,52 | 18,70 | 67.9M |
| General Electric | GE | 25,08 | 25,08 | 23,81 | 24,59 | 60.7M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 22,82 | 23,21 | 22,58 | 22,80 | 43.1M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 18,16 | 18,19 | 17,75 | 17,99 | 39.5M |
| Apple | AAPL | 127,27 | 130,95 | 125,15 | 128,71 | 37.4M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19,90 | 20,50 | 19,77 | 19,95 | 32.2M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 77,95 | 79,50 | 77,02 | 78,03 | 27.5M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41,50 | 42,50 | 40,22 | 40,50 | 27.2M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35,10 | 35,75 | 34,08 | 34,27 | 26.5M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 29,01 | 29,17 | 28,27 | 28,98 | 23.6M |
| Home Depot | HD | 25,52 | 25,57 | 24,58 | 25,02 | 20.7M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 46,96 | 47,38 | 46,12 | 46,78 | 20.1M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 31,32 | 31,41 | 30,80 | 31,28 | 17.3M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 58,90 | 59,38 | 58,15 | 58,92 | 17.2M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 19,60 | 19,60 | 18,99 | 19,18 | 17M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 75,32 | 75,91 | 73,74 | 74,85 | 15.7M |
| Altria | MO | 20,03 | 20,05 | 19,70 | 19,88 | 15M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 58,55 | 59,21 | 58,33 | 58,85 | 15M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32,59 | 32,59 | 31,63 | 31,77 | 13.6M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 67,43 | 68,87 | 67,21 | 68,74 | 13.1M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 68,25 | 69,00 | 67,55 | 68,19 | 12.5M |
| Merck | MRK | 30,76 | 31,72 | 30,70 | 31,47 | 11.4M |
| Chevron | CVX | 85,74 | 86,59 | 84,85 | 85,23 | 11.2M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 51,00 | 51,10 | 49,87 | 50,19 | 10.9M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 45,17 | 46,77 | 44,80 | 46,69 | 9.57M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 87,93 | 87,93 | 84,92 | 86,23 | 9.53M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 70,36 | 71,12 | 69,51 | 70,10 | 9.39M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 72,30 | 73,65 | 68,94 | 69,96 | 9.37M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 20,21 | 20,67 | 20,14 | 20,61 | 9.3M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 62,00 | 62,65 | 60,70 | 61,43 | 8.89M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 430,34 | 445,00 | 430,11 | 435,11 | 8.48M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 57,72 | 58,99 | 57,33 | 58,38 | 8.47M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 116,93 | 118,17 | 114,26 | 116,46 | 6.57M |
| Visa | V | 67,05 | 67,72 | 65,50 | 65,68 | 6.13M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 59,63 | 60,72 | 59,14 | 59,63 | 5.88M |
| 3M | MMM | 69,41 | 70,25 | 67,89 | 68,57 | 5.76M |
| Boeing | BA | 57,54 | 58,87 | 56,93 | 57,36 | 5.48M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 74,01 | 74,20 | 71,20 | 71,82 | 4.97M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 26,01 | 26,27 | 24,98 | 25,10 | 4.91M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4500,00 | 4500,00 | 4400,00 | 4475,00 | 45K |
Exchange Rates of September 24, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 106,180 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,038 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,963 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,092 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,916 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,824 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,147 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 155,170 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,791 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,264 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,754 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,570 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,518 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,659 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,596 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,627 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,971 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,100 EUR |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,216 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,451 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,918 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,521 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,016 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,496 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 12,587 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,079 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,865 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,157 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,910 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,100 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5,687 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,176 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,051 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,951 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,246 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,160 CHF |
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