Financial news on August 27th, 2009
Business and Financial news
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 14.10 | 14.25 | 13.95 | 14.19 | 63.8M |
| Intel | INTC | 19.35 | 19.53 | 19.16 | 19.47 | 51.4M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 24.41 | 24.78 | 24.30 | 24.69 | 45.5M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.55 | 27.85 | 27.36 | 27.74 | 35.3M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21.67 | 21.91 | 21.47 | 21.88 | 30.3M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 16.66 | 16.93 | 16.60 | 16.86 | 30.2M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43.05 | 43.63 | 42.54 | 43.45 | 29M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 15.10 | 15.63 | 14.97 | 15.55 | 26.2M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 71.07 | 71.17 | 69.99 | 70.86 | 21.4M |
| Altria | MO | 18.22 | 18.28 | 18.00 | 18.27 | 20.9M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 26.67 | 26.67 | 26.20 | 26.42 | 20.3M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.16 | 22.21 | 21.78 | 22.16 | 20M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 45.49 | 45.88 | 44.57 | 45.73 | 19.7M |
| Boeing | BA | 51.37 | 52.38 | 51.00 | 51.82 | 17.8M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 51.65 | 51.75 | 51.12 | 51.24 | 17.2M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46.17 | 46.66 | 45.91 | 46.61 | 16.3M |
| Apple | AAPL | 168.75 | 169.57 | 164.83 | 169.45 | 16M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 31.62 | 31.62 | 30.94 | 31.05 | 15M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 44.43 | 44.88 | 44.19 | 44.81 | 15M |
| Home Depot | HD | 27.60 | 27.69 | 27.20 | 27.55 | 13.4M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.57 | 60.73 | 59.95 | 60.49 | 11M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 53.30 | 53.41 | 52.70 | 53.06 | 10.4M |
| Merck | MRK | 32.60 | 33.00 | 32.21 | 32.87 | 9.83M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 56.52 | 57.30 | 55.25 | 56.90 | 9.38M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 27.10 | 27.11 | 26.51 | 27.01 | 9.04M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 57.06 | 57.18 | 56.59 | 56.66 | 8.46M |
| Chevron | CVX | 70.71 | 71.22 | 69.54 | 71.00 | 8.32M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.81 | 22.88 | 22.64 | 22.78 | 8.05M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 28.82 | 29.21 | 28.52 | 28.94 | 7.78M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 49.18 | 49.64 | 48.76 | 49.44 | 6.94M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 60.85 | 61.18 | 60.00 | 60.25 | 6.1M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 57.59 | 58.10 | 57.50 | 57.76 | 5.85M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.01 | 46.16 | 45.25 | 45.82 | 5.59M |
| Visa | V | 69.68 | 70.25 | 69.28 | 69.71 | 5.15M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 118.73 | 119.59 | 117.85 | 119.43 | 4.36M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 59.62 | 60.44 | 59.53 | 60.01 | 4.08M |
| 3M | MMM | 71.48 | 71.84 | 70.46 | 71.63 | 4.08M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 84.01 | 84.85 | 83.14 | 84.31 | 4M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 468.58 | 468.58 | 460.73 | 466.06 | 3.99M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 60.07 | 60.92 | 59.10 | 60.56 | 2.63M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3300.00 | 3300.00 | 3235.50 | 3288.00 | 27K |
Exchange Rates of August 27th, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 93.430 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.088 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.920 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.059 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.945 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.832 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 134.040 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.882 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.134 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.710 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.585 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.560 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.641 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.519 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.658 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.801 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.102 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.658 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.521 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.275 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.784 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.164 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.859 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.133 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.883 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.940 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.516 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.769 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.565 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.722 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.581 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.105 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.090 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.912 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.097 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.888 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.127 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.729 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.175 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.973 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.028 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.281 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.159 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.450 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 CHF |
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