Financial news on September 25, 2008
Business and Financial news
Bush and Candidates to Meet on Bailout
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 23.66 | 26.24 | 23.50 | 25.68 | 105M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 25.82 | 26.88 | 25.74 | 26.61 | 96.2M |
| Intel | INTC | 18.94 | 19.00 | 18.52 | 18.57 | 69.7M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.06 | 23.90 | 22.95 | 23.48 | 57.6M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 18.10 | 18.79 | 18.09 | 18.64 | 57.6M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20.34 | 20.82 | 20.21 | 20.47 | 40.4M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.25 | 35.80 | 34.02 | 34.12 | 38.6M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42.25 | 45.00 | 41.30 | 43.46 | 36.8M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 78.54 | 81.30 | 78.50 | 80.67 | 36.1M |
| Apple | AAPL | 129.80 | 134.79 | 128.52 | 131.93 | 35.9M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 29.24 | 30.55 | 29.06 | 30.07 | 32.8M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 19.39 | 20.10 | 19.38 | 19.90 | 23.2M |
| Home Depot | HD | 25.25 | 25.94 | 25.02 | 25.80 | 23M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 46.66 | 48.45 | 46.16 | 47.70 | 22.2M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 59.34 | 60.47 | 59.02 | 60.12 | 21.4M |
| Altria | MO | 19.97 | 20.69 | 19.95 | 20.48 | 20.6M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 31.51 | 32.47 | 31.40 | 32.05 | 17.9M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 75.31 | 77.80 | 74.72 | 76.85 | 17.7M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 69.02 | 70.20 | 68.04 | 68.51 | 17.5M |
| Merck | MRK | 31.63 | 32.63 | 31.52 | 32.37 | 15.6M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 20.73 | 21.18 | 20.57 | 20.67 | 15M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 68.55 | 69.97 | 68.46 | 69.36 | 14.6M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 58.89 | 59.73 | 58.68 | 59.33 | 13.8M |
| Chevron | CVX | 85.10 | 88.17 | 85.10 | 87.47 | 13.8M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32.00 | 32.88 | 31.97 | 32.47 | 13.4M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 50.40 | 52.23 | 50.36 | 51.46 | 13.1M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 58.72 | 60.00 | 58.14 | 59.93 | 11.7M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 438.84 | 450.00 | 435.98 | 439.60 | 10M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 86.46 | 89.13 | 86.23 | 88.02 | 9.1M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 61.79 | 62.70 | 61.79 | 62.27 | 8.92M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.09 | 49.09 | 46.09 | 47.05 | 8.66M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 60.11 | 60.46 | 58.87 | 59.17 | 8.03M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 70.41 | 71.99 | 70.29 | 71.30 | 6.85M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 117.75 | 121.99 | 116.12 | 120.11 | 6.54M |
| Boeing | BA | 57.67 | 58.20 | 56.80 | 57.42 | 6.38M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 70.66 | 72.75 | 70.01 | 72.08 | 6.07M |
| Visa | V | 65.75 | 66.47 | 64.54 | 64.60 | 5.97M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 72.16 | 74.64 | 71.38 | 72.34 | 5.91M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 25.19 | 25.96 | 25.10 | 25.50 | 5.51M |
| 3M | MMM | 68.82 | 70.03 | 68.82 | 69.73 | 5.29M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4475.00 | 4504.00 | 4391.00 | 4440.00 | 30.8K |
Exchange Rates of September 25, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 106.450 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.033 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.968 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.089 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.918 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.821 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.147 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 155.610 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.795 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.258 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.751 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.571 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.510 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.662 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.593 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.628 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.973 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.100 EUR |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.203 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.454 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.899 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.527 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.003 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.499 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 12.527 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.080 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.862 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.161 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.909 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.100 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.692 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.176 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.055 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.948 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.261 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.160 CHF |
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