Financial news on August 28, 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 |
| Intel | INTC | 20,26 | 20,65 | 20,17 | 20,25 | 105M |
| General Electric | GE | 14,35 | 14,37 | 13,98 | 14,08 | 73.9M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 25,07 | 25,49 | 24,61 | 24,68 | 55.8M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 22,15 | 22,35 | 21,80 | 22,00 | 35.9M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28,01 | 28,01 | 27,21 | 27,30 | 35.4M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 16,87 | 16,89 | 16,64 | 16,81 | 33.5M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43,81 | 43,86 | 42,51 | 42,92 | 27.3M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22,30 | 22,61 | 22,10 | 22,16 | 24M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 26,55 | 26,56 | 26,06 | 26,21 | 22.1M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 15,59 | 15,86 | 15,46 | 15,71 | 20.4M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 45,26 | 45,55 | 44,58 | 44,76 | 19.6M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 71,20 | 71,20 | 69,95 | 70,12 | 17.7M |
| Apple | AAPL | 172,27 | 172,49 | 168,53 | 170,05 | 16.2M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22,47 | 22,50 | 21,97 | 22,12 | 15.8M |
| Altria | MO | 18,40 | 18,45 | 18,12 | 18,22 | 15.6M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 51,36 | 51,40 | 50,61 | 51,13 | 14.8M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 31,17 | 31,33 | 30,81 | 31,02 | 14.7M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46,64 | 46,65 | 45,69 | 45,92 | 13.1M |
| Home Depot | HD | 27,68 | 27,76 | 27,24 | 27,69 | 12.8M |
| Merck | MRK | 32,92 | 32,92 | 32,12 | 32,32 | 12.1M |
| Boeing | BA | 51,68 | 52,53 | 50,70 | 51,04 | 11.5M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60,75 | 60,75 | 60,06 | 60,29 | 10.9M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 57,51 | 57,98 | 56,80 | 57,15 | 10.8M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 27,08 | 27,08 | 26,59 | 26,84 | 9.27M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 29,10 | 29,13 | 27,98 | 28,18 | 9.07M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 53,11 | 53,39 | 52,66 | 53,19 | 9M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 45,96 | 46,11 | 45,46 | 45,70 | 8.72M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 57,02 | 57,05 | 55,76 | 56,07 | 8.68M |
| Chevron | CVX | 71,29 | 71,40 | 70,41 | 70,68 | 7.31M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 49,62 | 49,64 | 48,92 | 49,06 | 6.86M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 57,96 | 58,00 | 56,61 | 56,76 | 6.6M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 120,10 | 120,23 | 117,77 | 118,22 | 6.24M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46,02 | 46,25 | 44,85 | 45,25 | 5.94M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 60,28 | 60,79 | 59,16 | 59,61 | 5.16M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 84,78 | 84,99 | 82,57 | 82,76 | 4.62M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 60,29 | 60,37 | 59,39 | 59,64 | 3.85M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 469,26 | 472,37 | 463,38 | 464,75 | 3.54M |
| Visa | V | 70,05 | 70,50 | 69,28 | 70,50 | 3.51M |
| 3M | MMM | 71,98 | 72,15 | 70,90 | 71,92 | 3.49M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 60,90 | 61,32 | 60,21 | 60,63 | 2.87M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3315,00 | 3332,00 | 3298,00 | 3307,00 | 27.5K |
Exchange Rates of August 28, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 93,570 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,091 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,917 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,060 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,944 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,831 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 133,830 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,879 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,138 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,700 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,588 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,561 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,641 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,515 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,660 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,766 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,102 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,656 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,523 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,269 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,788 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,166 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,858 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,132 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,884 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,931 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,518 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,775 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,563 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,724 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,580 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11,096 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,090 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,918 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,089 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,891 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,123 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5,744 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,174 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,970 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,031 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,257 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,160 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,444 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,155 CHF |
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