Financial news on August 25th, 2008
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27.61 | 27.84 | 27.46 | 27.66 | 51.4M |
| General Electric | GE | 29.04 | 29.04 | 28.18 | 28.32 | 43.1M |
| Intel | INTC | 23.27 | 23.36 | 22.93 | 22.97 | 42.3M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 19.60 | 19.87 | 19.37 | 19.51 | 41.4M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28.92 | 29.23 | 28.54 | 28.67 | 30.5M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.50 | 24.73 | 24.11 | 24.21 | 28.3M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 37.40 | 37.45 | 36.08 | 36.13 | 27.1M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 80.27 | 80.56 | 78.64 | 78.71 | 20.6M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.54 | 22.71 | 22.19 | 22.21 | 20.1M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 21.61 | 21.61 | 20.77 | 20.80 | 18.3M |
| Apple | AAPL | 176.15 | 176.23 | 171.66 | 172.55 | 17.3M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 31.03 | 31.07 | 30.41 | 30.52 | 15.9M |
| Home Depot | HD | 26.98 | 27.04 | 26.51 | 26.56 | 13.1M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 46.65 | 47.24 | 46.51 | 46.81 | 12.1M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 59.27 | 59.29 | 58.30 | 58.55 | 12M |
| Chevron | CVX | 88.58 | 88.58 | 85.04 | 85.51 | 11.3M |
| Merck | MRK | 35.17 | 35.32 | 34.56 | 35.00 | 11.2M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 83.22 | 83.68 | 81.35 | 81.82 | 10.7M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 35.42 | 35.42 | 34.30 | 34.46 | 9.49M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 71.33 | 71.43 | 69.92 | 70.13 | 9.49M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 58.37 | 58.43 | 57.31 | 57.76 | 9.14M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 63.43 | 64.22 | 63.14 | 63.96 | 8.37M |
| Altria | MO | 20.80 | 21.10 | 20.71 | 20.80 | 8.31M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 71.25 | 71.35 | 70.55 | 70.80 | 8.2M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.97 | 32.09 | 31.40 | 31.60 | 8.07M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.01 | 22.49 | 21.94 | 21.98 | 7.41M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 30.53 | 30.65 | 29.16 | 29.31 | 6.57M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 54.14 | 54.59 | 53.37 | 53.57 | 6.16M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 63.21 | 63.21 | 61.90 | 62.08 | 6M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 54.21 | 54.21 | 52.77 | 53.21 | 5.97M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 124.48 | 124.93 | 122.70 | 122.86 | 5.83M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 96.99 | 98.29 | 95.72 | 96.18 | 4.99M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 65.70 | 65.79 | 64.48 | 64.96 | 4.59M |
| Boeing | BA | 64.91 | 65.49 | 63.58 | 64.07 | 4.58M |
| Visa | V | 73.52 | 74.89 | 73.13 | 73.32 | 4.51M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 84.63 | 84.64 | 82.45 | 82.85 | 4.36M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 486.11 | 497.00 | 481.50 | 483.01 | 4.02M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 69.60 | 69.90 | 68.75 | 69.05 | 4M |
| 3M | MMM | 71.47 | 71.94 | 70.28 | 70.73 | 3.73M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 79.96 | 80.51 | 78.39 | 79.52 | 3.08M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3855.00 | 3878.00 | 3826.00 | 3866.50 | 21K |
Exchange Rates of August 25th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 109.320 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.050 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.952 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.096 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.913 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.849 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 161.280 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.796 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.256 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.708 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.586 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.549 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.645 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.616 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.619 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.493 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.027 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.059 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.945 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.960 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.041 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.002 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.998 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.145 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.466 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.946 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.514 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.029 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.493 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.907 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.103 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.946 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.057 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.043 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.959 CAD |
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