Financial news on April 25, 2013
Business and Financial news
Decoded: Yahoo’s Push Into Digital Video
The Times’s Brian Stelter assesses Yahoo’s effort to capture more digital video advertising revenue. Read more..
GE Capital Cuts Gun Shop Purchase Loans
GE Capital stops offering consumer financing programs to retailers whose main business is selling guns; company, headquartered in Connecticut, makes move in wake of Sandy Hook elementary school massacre. Read more..
Possible Fed Successor Has Admirers and Foes
Janet L Yellen is seen as likely candidate to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S Bernanke, but critics express concerns about her stance on inflation; if confirmed, Yellen would become first woman to lead a major central bank. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 31,71 | 32,84 | 31,54 | 31,94 | 111M |
| Intel | INTC | 23,65 | 23,87 | 23,32 | 23,38 | 109M |
| General Electric | GE | 22,21 | 22,23 | 21,91 | 21,95 | 41.5M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 20,50 | 20,77 | 20,39 | 20,64 | 40.5M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 37,25 | 37,44 | 37,07 | 37,28 | 35.8M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 30,65 | 30,66 | 29,92 | 30,26 | 35.6M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 32,56 | 32,58 | 32,21 | 32,27 | 25.9M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 19,92 | 20,00 | 19,58 | 19,59 | 22.5M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 52,48 | 53,33 | 52,36 | 53,22 | 19.1M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 49,02 | 49,63 | 48,89 | 49,00 | 19.1M |
| FB | 26,07 | 26,40 | 26,00 | 26,14 | 17.2M | |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 88,89 | 88,90 | 87,65 | 88,07 | 16.3M |
| Merck | MRK | 47,95 | 48,00 | 47,28 | 47,35 | 15.9M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 37,47 | 37,80 | 37,33 | 37,64 | 14.9M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 77,67 | 77,67 | 76,35 | 76,58 | 14.7M |
| General Motors | GM | 30,06 | 30,78 | 30,00 | 30,71 | 14.5M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 40,82 | 40,91 | 40,03 | 40,22 | 13.9M |
| Apple | AAPL | 411,23 | 413,94 | 407,00 | 408,38 | 13.7M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 40,74 | 41,02 | 40,61 | 40,75 | 12M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 51,30 | 51,84 | 50,91 | 51,43 | 10.9M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 42,26 | 42,54 | 42,08 | 42,35 | 10.2M |
| Altria | MO | 35,68 | 35,96 | 35,55 | 35,94 | 9.66M |
| 3M | MMM | 104,46 | 105,64 | 103,50 | 104,88 | 9.03M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 84,54 | 85,44 | 84,34 | 85,22 | 8.69M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 105,49 | 109,24 | 105,21 | 108,66 | 8.12M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 73,25 | 74,07 | 72,80 | 73,44 | 7.38M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 62,01 | 62,17 | 61,55 | 62,00 | 6.68M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 58,37 | 58,77 | 57,72 | 58,37 | 6.29M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 271,53 | 275,80 | 270,50 | 274,70 | 6.12M |
| Boeing | BA | 91,35 | 92,62 | 90,07 | 91,67 | 5.77M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 78,18 | 78,83 | 77,88 | 78,65 | 5.73M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 59,13 | 59,41 | 58,61 | 59,34 | 5.67M |
| Home Depot | HD | 73,31 | 73,79 | 73,20 | 73,37 | 5.65M |
| Chevron | CVX | 119,07 | 120,00 | 118,30 | 118,51 | 5.6M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 82,41 | 83,09 | 82,18 | 82,82 | 5.6M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 36,62 | 36,82 | 36,45 | 36,49 | 5.32M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 192,69 | 195,17 | 192,32 | 193,95 | 4.65M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 816,25 | 816,47 | 807,63 | 809,10 | 3.98M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 92,40 | 93,19 | 92,00 | 92,11 | 3.59M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 107,02 | 108,04 | 106,82 | 107,47 | 3.58M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 101,27 | 101,63 | 100,85 | 100,94 | 3.53M |
| Visa | V | 167,91 | 170,48 | 167,44 | 168,76 | 2.33M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 148,13 | 149,27 | 147,44 | 148,22 | 1.46M |
Exchange Rates of April 25, 2013
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 99,320 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,020 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,980 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0,945 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,058 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,171 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,162 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 129,200 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,843 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,187 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,264 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,791 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,327 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,754 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,229 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,814 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8,034 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,124 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,652 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,534 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,977 AUD | 1 AUD = 1,023 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,026 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,974 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0,951 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,051 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,499 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,667 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,574 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,635 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,458 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,686 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9,534 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,105 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1,050 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,953 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,972 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,028 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6,357 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,157 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,926 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,080 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,053 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,165 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,535 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,153 CHF |
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