Financial news on August 28th, 2008
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27.61 | 28.01 | 27.60 | 27.94 | 48.4M |
| General Electric | GE | 28.35 | 28.91 | 28.30 | 28.83 | 42.7M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 29.35 | 30.44 | 28.98 | 30.43 | 37M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 37.66 | 38.88 | 37.23 | 38.88 | 34.7M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 19.17 | 19.30 | 19.10 | 19.27 | 32.9M |
| Intel | INTC | 23.59 | 23.71 | 23.46 | 23.59 | 30.3M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.48 | 24.78 | 24.41 | 24.66 | 28.5M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 31.40 | 32.40 | 31.40 | 32.23 | 27.9M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 81.06 | 81.19 | 79.89 | 81.18 | 20.3M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.29 | 22.73 | 22.27 | 22.64 | 18.7M |
| Apple | AAPL | 175.28 | 176.25 | 172.75 | 173.74 | 15.4M |
| Home Depot | HD | 27.41 | 27.64 | 26.99 | 27.42 | 13.6M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 46.81 | 47.33 | 46.56 | 47.33 | 13.6M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 21.38 | 21.74 | 21.31 | 21.66 | 13.6M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 59.42 | 60.04 | 59.02 | 59.88 | 12.1M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.50 | 21.71 | 21.33 | 21.64 | 11.9M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 34.86 | 35.55 | 34.80 | 35.47 | 11.9M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 84.14 | 84.80 | 82.00 | 83.31 | 10.5M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 63.44 | 64.17 | 63.44 | 64.08 | 10.5M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 53.25 | 53.57 | 52.90 | 53.12 | 10.4M |
| Altria | MO | 20.63 | 21.04 | 20.63 | 21.04 | 10M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.89 | 32.67 | 31.77 | 32.59 | 9.68M |
| Merck | MRK | 35.91 | 36.57 | 35.89 | 36.40 | 9.36M |
| Chevron | CVX | 87.32 | 87.49 | 85.36 | 87.18 | 8.86M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 57.96 | 58.87 | 57.76 | 58.75 | 8.4M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 71.48 | 71.69 | 71.17 | 71.41 | 8.15M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 70.35 | 71.20 | 69.81 | 71.01 | 8.11M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 82.21 | 83.65 | 81.80 | 83.42 | 7.83M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 99.05 | 99.24 | 96.12 | 96.68 | 6.87M |
| Visa | V | 74.75 | 75.81 | 74.17 | 75.65 | 6.69M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 472.49 | 476.45 | 470.33 | 473.78 | 6.05M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 29.55 | 30.22 | 29.43 | 30.06 | 5.95M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 52.81 | 53.38 | 52.56 | 53.21 | 5.82M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 62.34 | 62.95 | 61.71 | 62.89 | 5.76M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 124.06 | 125.45 | 123.58 | 124.58 | 5.45M |
| Boeing | BA | 64.78 | 66.98 | 64.26 | 66.34 | 4.45M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 82.70 | 84.04 | 82.70 | 83.74 | 4.36M |
| 3M | MMM | 71.01 | 72.66 | 70.91 | 72.50 | 3.89M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 65.39 | 66.98 | 65.01 | 66.72 | 3.58M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 69.37 | 69.46 | 68.88 | 69.19 | 3.33M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3868.00 | 3933.00 | 3866.50 | 3930.00 | 17.7K |
Exchange Rates of August 28th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 109.430 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.051 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.951 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.099 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.910 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.829 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 160.840 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.804 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.244 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.705 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.587 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.545 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.647 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.615 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.619 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.499 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.002 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.059 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.944 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.960 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.041 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.004 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.996 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.121 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.471 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.922 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.520 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.009 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.498 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.906 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.104 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.947 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.056 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.045 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.957 CAD |
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