Financial news on April 28, 2006
Business and Financial news
A Smoking Memo in Spitzer’s Case Against Grasso?
The memo, from a top aide to H. Carl McCall, a former member of the New York Stock Exchange board, is said to contradict the long-held claim that the N.Y.S.E board was fully informed of Richard A. Grasso’s contested $187.5 million compensation. Read more..
U.S. Economy Still Expanding at Rapid Pace
Forecasters expect the Commerce Department to report that the economy grew about 5 percent in the first quarter, the biggest increase since 2003. Read more..
Where Wall Street Meets to Eat, the Last Lunch
The Stock Exchange Luncheon Club is closing at the end of business Friday. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 24.26 | 24.50 | 24.00 | 24.15 | 591M |
Intel | INTC | 20.00 | 20.27 | 19.91 | 19.98 | 90M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 14.91 | 14.95 | 14.52 | 14.59 | 67.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21.00 | 21.30 | 20.77 | 20.95 | 42.9M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44.24 | 45.90 | 44.10 | 45.38 | 28.2M |
Pfizer | PFE | 24.90 | 25.44 | 24.86 | 25.33 | 27.5M |
Apple | AAPL | 69.25 | 71.30 | 69.20 | 70.39 | 27.1M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 30.78 | 31.06 | 30.49 | 30.95 | 25.6M |
General Electric | GE | 34.49 | 34.78 | 34.35 | 34.59 | 24.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 62.57 | 63.50 | 62.52 | 63.08 | 20.7M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 45.58 | 45.67 | 44.99 | 45.03 | 15.4M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 48.18 | 49.90 | 47.92 | 49.74 | 15.3M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 417.73 | 425.73 | 416.30 | 417.94 | 14.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 66.77 | 68.22 | 66.63 | 66.90 | 14.6M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26.38 | 26.45 | 26.12 | 26.21 | 14.3M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 41.85 | 42.75 | 41.85 | 42.74 | 12M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 27.71 | 28.15 | 27.65 | 27.96 | 11.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 33.37 | 33.41 | 32.92 | 33.03 | 10.7M |
Altria | MO | 72.10 | 73.24 | 71.93 | 73.16 | 10.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 40.25 | 40.43 | 39.93 | 39.93 | 9.01M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 58.30 | 58.47 | 58.00 | 58.21 | 8.92M |
Chevron | CVX | 60.50 | 61.39 | 60.40 | 61.02 | 8.89M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.30 | 25.55 | 25.12 | 25.38 | 8.68M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 58.65 | 58.79 | 58.50 | 58.61 | 8.57M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 66.87 | 69.11 | 66.85 | 68.69 | 8.52M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 83.51 | 83.62 | 81.98 | 82.34 | 8.2M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 33.05 | 33.20 | 32.25 | 32.47 | 7.69M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 68.48 | 70.00 | 68.42 | 69.14 | 7.24M |
Merck | MRK | 34.50 | 34.70 | 34.18 | 34.42 | 7.13M |
Amgen | AMGN | 67.70 | 67.90 | 66.93 | 67.70 | 6.76M |
United Technologies | UTX | 64.15 | 64.25 | 62.60 | 62.81 | 6.75M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 42.01 | 42.09 | 41.83 | 41.96 | 5.76M |
Pepsico | PEP | 58.15 | 58.35 | 57.91 | 58.24 | 4.99M |
McDonald's | MCD | 34.60 | 34.72 | 34.30 | 34.57 | 4.71M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 57.04 | 58.10 | 56.75 | 57.50 | 4.46M |
Boeing | BA | 84.28 | 84.66 | 83.01 | 83.45 | 3.86M |
Amazon | AMZN | 35.80 | 35.89 | 35.14 | 35.21 | 3.49M |
3M | MMM | 85.00 | 85.51 | 84.94 | 85.43 | 2.53M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 91.98 | 92.74 | 91.05 | 91.21 | 2.51M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2910.00 | 2952.00 | 2908.00 | 2952.00 | 14K |
Exchange Rates of April 28, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 113.840 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.118 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.895 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.240 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.806 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 8.013 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 143.600 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.692 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.446 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.660 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.602 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.410 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.709 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.564 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.639 EUR |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.399 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.417 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.038 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.491 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.261 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.442 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.849 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.178 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.942 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.062 AUD |
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