Financial news on May 27th, 2009
Business and Financial news
Representatives provided free text-messaging services at parties organized by fans of Kris Allen after the final performance episode of “American Idol” last week. Read more..
With demand for gasoline, and the ethanol that goes into it, expected to rise, oil companies are trying to benefit. Read more..
One step beyond the Kindle, the new, smaller Cool-er book reader has a removable battery, and one charge is good for 8,000 page turns. What could be wrong? Read more..
The commission paper, to be published Wednesday, plays down the idea of a single European “super-regulator,” and favors a more incremental approach. Read more..
Among elite white-collar fields, finance appears to be hardest for achieving a balance between work and family. Read more..
The deal requires two hedge funds operated by Banco Santander to return 85 percent of the money they withdrew in the 90 days before the fraud surfaced. Read more..
In 20 company-owned stores, mannequins display White Knot ribbons, part of a campaign created by a California digital media consultant. Read more..
Every sector of the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index was higher, led by financial stocks and consumer-focused companies. Read more..
The United Automobile Workers would hold up to 20 percent of General Motors through its retiree health care fund, and shareholders would be virtually wiped out. Read more..
A Russian Internet investment group is plugging $200 million into the company for about a 2 percent stake. By that arithmetic, Facebook would be worth $10 billion. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 25.85 | 25.90 | 24.05 | 24.08 | 110M |
General Electric | GE | 13.47 | 13.50 | 12.86 | 12.99 | 107M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 36.50 | 36.72 | 34.66 | 34.66 | 76.4M |
Intel | INTC | 15.50 | 15.86 | 15.34 | 15.46 | 60.5M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 20.25 | 20.60 | 20.07 | 20.13 | 42.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18.41 | 18.71 | 18.11 | 18.22 | 40M |
Pfizer | PFE | 15.00 | 15.05 | 14.59 | 14.66 | 35.4M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.98 | 19.45 | 18.91 | 18.99 | 27.6M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 24.44 | 24.75 | 23.97 | 24.07 | 25.9M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 14.62 | 14.77 | 14.18 | 14.30 | 24.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 131.78 | 134.98 | 130.91 | 133.05 | 23.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 69.80 | 70.62 | 68.17 | 68.30 | 23M |
Merck | MRK | 26.47 | 26.80 | 26.47 | 26.63 | 19.7M |
Home Depot | HD | 23.90 | 24.21 | 23.21 | 23.33 | 18.5M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 50.24 | 50.82 | 49.25 | 49.32 | 17.5M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 34.50 | 35.25 | 34.25 | 34.34 | 16.8M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 24.44 | 24.72 | 23.77 | 23.87 | 15M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 20.00 | 20.11 | 19.49 | 19.52 | 14.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 45.14 | 46.10 | 44.26 | 44.47 | 14.7M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 53.72 | 53.78 | 51.58 | 51.78 | 14.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.65 | 29.69 | 28.87 | 28.95 | 13.7M |
Altria | MO | 16.94 | 16.96 | 16.64 | 16.66 | 13M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 55.44 | 55.50 | 54.16 | 54.22 | 12.5M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 44.50 | 44.74 | 44.28 | 44.39 | 12.4M |
Chevron | CVX | 65.69 | 66.24 | 64.39 | 64.57 | 12.2M |
McDonald's | MCD | 58.68 | 58.95 | 57.77 | 57.82 | 10.4M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 47.13 | 47.19 | 46.54 | 46.63 | 9.53M |
Pepsico | PEP | 51.38 | 51.50 | 49.82 | 50.01 | 8.81M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 42.71 | 42.73 | 41.31 | 41.44 | 8.53M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 54.07 | 54.91 | 53.27 | 53.41 | 8.41M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 26.95 | 27.85 | 26.91 | 27.49 | 7.6M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 47.79 | 48.10 | 45.22 | 45.31 | 7.39M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 104.34 | 105.17 | 102.91 | 102.93 | 7.12M |
Visa | V | 66.33 | 68.14 | 65.25 | 65.92 | 6.79M |
Amgen | AMGN | 50.17 | 50.81 | 49.43 | 49.75 | 6.34M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 405.64 | 411.86 | 404.81 | 405.56 | 6.06M |
Amazon | AMZN | 78.51 | 79.50 | 76.75 | 77.10 | 5.57M |
United Technologies | UTX | 52.84 | 53.20 | 51.43 | 51.44 | 4.97M |
3M | MMM | 57.91 | 58.13 | 55.95 | 56.04 | 4.9M |
Boeing | BA | 43.89 | 44.33 | 43.45 | 43.57 | 4.62M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2948.50 | 3008.50 | 2911.00 | 2933.00 | 30.1K |
Exchange Rates of May 27th, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 95.270 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.122 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.891 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.093 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.915 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.828 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 131.820 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.866 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.154 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.781 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.561 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.552 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.644 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.512 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.662 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.451 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.106 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.657 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.522 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.351 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.740 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.177 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.849 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.147 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.872 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.055 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.487 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.791 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.558 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.744 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.574 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.892 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.092 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.871 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.148 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.848 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.179 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.304 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.189 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.974 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.027 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.092 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.164 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.252 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.160 CHF |
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