Financial news on March 25, 2009
Business and Financial news
A new hotel and condominium complex is aimed at luring press junkets back to the historic Hollywood and Vine address. Read more..
The European Commission backed away from reports of a tentative deal and said that significant issues remain to be resolved. Read more..
The health insurance industry said it was willing to stop charging higher premiums to sick people if Congress were to require that all Americans carry insurance. Read more..
Autoliv, the world’s largest maker of air bags for cars, said it had cut 3,000 jobs in the first two months of the year, eliminating 2,600 permanent and 400 temporary positions. Read more..
Alpha magazine’s rankings show that the top earners took in $11.6 billion by trading above the pain in 2008. Read more..
A day after posting their biggest gains in five months in response to details of the government’s bank-rescue plans, shares fell in late afternoon trading. Read more..
The deepening recession provided no respite on inflation for British consumers last month, as the weak pound pushed up prices for food and other imported goods. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 16.30 | 17.19 | 14.87 | 16.42 | 218M |
General Electric | GE | 10.74 | 11.09 | 10.09 | 10.49 | 210M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 27.19 | 28.71 | 25.93 | 28.56 | 149M |
Intel | INTC | 15.08 | 15.71 | 14.71 | 14.94 | 94.5M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 17.98 | 18.31 | 17.52 | 17.88 | 73.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 13.98 | 14.60 | 13.89 | 14.26 | 69M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 16.50 | 17.05 | 16.28 | 16.57 | 64.2M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46.88 | 47.00 | 45.04 | 46.03 | 41M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26.47 | 26.59 | 25.64 | 26.18 | 39M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 69.70 | 71.17 | 68.76 | 70.16 | 36.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.03 | 18.34 | 17.70 | 18.09 | 34.7M |
Home Depot | HD | 23.27 | 23.95 | 22.77 | 23.28 | 33.4M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.72 | 30.75 | 29.40 | 30.15 | 31.5M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 30.99 | 31.50 | 30.14 | 31.01 | 24.9M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 13.93 | 14.38 | 13.53 | 13.94 | 23.7M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 51.27 | 52.29 | 50.64 | 51.68 | 23.4M |
Apple | AAPL | 107.58 | 108.36 | 103.86 | 106.49 | 23.1M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 39.64 | 40.43 | 38.62 | 39.70 | 20.1M |
Merck | MRK | 27.96 | 28.02 | 26.81 | 27.50 | 17.4M |
Chevron | CVX | 69.35 | 70.18 | 67.84 | 69.70 | 16.7M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 18.34 | 18.88 | 17.86 | 18.53 | 16M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 52.98 | 53.27 | 52.01 | 52.86 | 15.8M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 45.94 | 46.64 | 43.71 | 45.34 | 15.6M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 47.70 | 48.60 | 47.20 | 48.06 | 15.3M |
Visa | V | 53.95 | 54.75 | 51.28 | 52.75 | 14.7M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 21.29 | 21.67 | 20.61 | 21.18 | 14M |
Altria | MO | 17.20 | 17.40 | 17.01 | 17.27 | 13.4M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.02 | 21.45 | 20.75 | 21.06 | 13.1M |
Boeing | BA | 36.03 | 37.79 | 35.97 | 37.06 | 12.4M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 44.40 | 44.89 | 44.03 | 44.75 | 12.2M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 98.47 | 99.86 | 96.09 | 97.95 | 12M |
McDonald's | MCD | 54.06 | 55.04 | 53.25 | 55.01 | 10.9M |
United Technologies | UTX | 43.49 | 44.71 | 42.72 | 43.69 | 10.6M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 44.02 | 45.16 | 43.22 | 43.88 | 10M |
Amgen | AMGN | 49.48 | 50.43 | 48.75 | 49.82 | 8.72M |
Pepsico | PEP | 52.21 | 52.79 | 51.67 | 52.47 | 8.71M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 350.40 | 351.34 | 336.25 | 344.07 | 8.66M |
Amazon | AMZN | 73.09 | 73.95 | 69.84 | 72.40 | 7.9M |
3M | MMM | 48.85 | 50.76 | 47.75 | 49.02 | 7.85M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 42.11 | 42.81 | 39.48 | 40.95 | 6.29M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2938.00 | 2984.00 | 2855.00 | 2900.00 | 50.6K |
Exchange Rates of March 25, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 97.660 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 = 1.122 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.892 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.831 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 132.610 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.933 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.072 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.946 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.514 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.672 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.598 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.523 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.657 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.281 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.108 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.703 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.422 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.467 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.682 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.260 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.793 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.148 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.871 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.085 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.480 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.792 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.558 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.632 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.613 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.930 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.101 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.859 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.164 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.782 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.278 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.767 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.210 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.910 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.098 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.541 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.180 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.093 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.164 CHF |
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