Financial news on August 26th, 2008
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27.58 | 27.72 | 27.17 | 27.27 | 44.8M |
| General Electric | GE | 28.49 | 28.49 | 27.98 | 28.27 | 40.3M |
| Intel | INTC | 22.93 | 23.18 | 22.65 | 23.15 | 39.5M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 19.56 | 19.60 | 19.20 | 19.28 | 36.7M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28.69 | 29.26 | 28.09 | 28.69 | 33M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.29 | 24.34 | 23.88 | 24.11 | 31.4M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 36.17 | 37.12 | 35.90 | 36.61 | 28.8M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 30.50 | 30.71 | 30.25 | 30.62 | 19.2M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 78.82 | 80.00 | 78.82 | 79.95 | 18.8M |
| Home Depot | HD | 26.53 | 27.08 | 26.15 | 27.02 | 16.8M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.16 | 22.38 | 22.01 | 22.15 | 16.3M |
| Apple | AAPL | 172.76 | 174.88 | 172.61 | 173.64 | 15.9M |
| Merck | MRK | 34.98 | 35.87 | 34.85 | 35.42 | 12.9M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 58.55 | 59.18 | 58.04 | 59.00 | 11M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 20.80 | 21.23 | 20.69 | 21.09 | 10.9M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 82.13 | 83.69 | 81.79 | 82.38 | 10.2M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 46.70 | 47.00 | 46.56 | 46.86 | 10.1M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 34.50 | 34.50 | 34.00 | 34.24 | 9.4M |
| Chevron | CVX | 85.80 | 86.16 | 84.85 | 85.79 | 9.35M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 70.03 | 70.36 | 69.58 | 69.84 | 8.43M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.90 | 22.07 | 21.77 | 21.98 | 7.45M |
| Altria | MO | 20.83 | 20.90 | 20.65 | 20.78 | 7.27M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 63.88 | 64.50 | 63.55 | 63.93 | 6.95M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 483.46 | 483.46 | 470.59 | 474.16 | 6.61M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.52 | 31.87 | 31.44 | 31.71 | 6.51M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 70.72 | 71.02 | 70.25 | 70.71 | 6.44M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 53.05 | 54.37 | 53.05 | 53.89 | 6.26M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 122.58 | 122.85 | 121.50 | 122.50 | 6.22M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 29.30 | 30.36 | 29.01 | 29.46 | 6.1M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 62.07 | 62.27 | 61.21 | 62.13 | 5.55M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 57.84 | 57.98 | 57.10 | 57.57 | 5.44M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 97.22 | 98.81 | 96.85 | 98.00 | 5.32M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 79.62 | 81.27 | 79.06 | 81.12 | 4.84M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 53.57 | 53.89 | 53.15 | 53.52 | 4.73M |
| Visa | V | 73.67 | 74.30 | 72.87 | 73.34 | 4.67M |
| Boeing | BA | 64.09 | 64.39 | 62.87 | 63.46 | 4.49M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 69.15 | 69.31 | 68.46 | 68.70 | 4.39M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 82.74 | 83.12 | 81.25 | 81.76 | 4.37M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 64.65 | 65.13 | 64.36 | 64.89 | 3.12M |
| 3M | MMM | 70.47 | 71.30 | 70.24 | 70.72 | 2.76M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3850.00 | 3864.00 | 3825.50 | 3852.00 | 15.4K |
Exchange Rates of August 26th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 109.650 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.048 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.954 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.100 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.909 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.848 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 160.560 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.797 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.255 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.714 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.584 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.535 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.652 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.611 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.621 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.496 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.017 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.067 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.937 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.956 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.047 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.003 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.997 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.151 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.465 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.927 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.519 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.022 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.495 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.895 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.117 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.939 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.065 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.049 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.953 CAD |
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