Financial news on July 27, 2009
Business and Financial news
As It Cuts Jobs, Gannett Also Cuts Severance Pay
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 23.44 | 23.45 | 22.90 | 23.11 | 81M |
| General Electric | GE | 12.17 | 12.38 | 12.03 | 12.32 | 77M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 23.52 | 24.33 | 23.38 | 24.22 | 62.5M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 16.43 | 16.65 | 16.22 | 16.62 | 47.4M |
| Intel | INTC | 19.29 | 19.49 | 19.15 | 19.47 | 42.3M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21.85 | 21.95 | 21.67 | 21.84 | 31.6M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 37.97 | 39.47 | 37.57 | 38.13 | 30.5M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25.65 | 25.76 | 25.36 | 25.73 | 26.3M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.29 | 22.31 | 21.75 | 21.98 | 23.8M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 31.30 | 31.57 | 30.52 | 31.00 | 20.4M |
| Merck | MRK | 31.12 | 31.18 | 30.42 | 30.77 | 20.1M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 14.49 | 14.91 | 14.32 | 14.89 | 18.8M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 72.41 | 72.79 | 71.75 | 72.75 | 17.4M |
| Apple | AAPL | 160.17 | 160.88 | 157.26 | 160.10 | 15.5M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 45.21 | 45.74 | 44.84 | 45.25 | 14.9M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 49.10 | 49.10 | 48.53 | 48.97 | 14.3M |
| Altria | MO | 17.28 | 17.44 | 17.11 | 17.43 | 13.9M |
| Home Depot | HD | 25.25 | 25.32 | 24.78 | 25.16 | 13.4M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 45.13 | 45.38 | 44.49 | 45.03 | 13.1M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.45 | 21.50 | 21.02 | 21.38 | 13M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 86.24 | 86.49 | 83.56 | 84.24 | 11.3M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 61.01 | 61.50 | 59.78 | 60.77 | 10.9M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 41.64 | 41.89 | 41.15 | 41.84 | 10.7M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 26.55 | 26.68 | 26.22 | 26.45 | 9.8M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 49.36 | 49.59 | 49.15 | 49.52 | 8.13M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61.49 | 61.69 | 60.62 | 61.27 | 7.94M |
| Chevron | CVX | 68.62 | 68.99 | 68.22 | 68.85 | 7.84M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 56.22 | 56.31 | 55.70 | 55.97 | 7.79M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 57.37 | 57.50 | 55.81 | 56.49 | 7.15M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 27.09 | 28.20 | 27.06 | 27.62 | 7.03M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 55.89 | 55.98 | 55.35 | 55.78 | 6.87M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 52.16 | 52.46 | 51.72 | 52.11 | 6.08M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 56.30 | 56.72 | 55.97 | 56.34 | 5.82M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 48.57 | 49.00 | 48.37 | 48.95 | 5.68M |
| Boeing | BA | 42.00 | 42.37 | 41.43 | 42.24 | 5.67M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 116.95 | 117.92 | 116.57 | 117.63 | 5.07M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 446.04 | 446.75 | 437.61 | 444.80 | 5M |
| 3M | MMM | 69.39 | 70.30 | 69.30 | 69.91 | 4.16M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 57.81 | 58.21 | 56.42 | 57.81 | 3.78M |
| Visa | V | 67.25 | 68.31 | 67.11 | 68.19 | 3.56M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3120.00 | 3138.00 | 3091.00 | 3133.00 | 47K |
Exchange Rates of July 27, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 95.200 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.081 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.925 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.070 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.935 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.832 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 135.590 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.863 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.158 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.730 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.578 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.539 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.650 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.524 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.656 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.732 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.103 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.637 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.571 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.275 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.784 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.135 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.881 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.124 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.890 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.003 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.499 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.782 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.561 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.764 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.567 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.257 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.089 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.890 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.124 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.880 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.136 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.625 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.178 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.990 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.010 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.321 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.158 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.385 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 CHF |
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