Financial news on November 28th, 2008
Business and Financial news
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 16.37 | 17.19 | 16.20 | 17.17 | 59M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 20.23 | 20.31 | 20.02 | 20.22 | 28.7M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28.37 | 29.01 | 27.52 | 28.89 | 28.1M |
Intel | INTC | 13.79 | 14.03 | 13.68 | 13.80 | 26M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 30.36 | 31.93 | 30.13 | 31.66 | 22.8M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 16.33 | 16.55 | 16.16 | 16.54 | 22.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 16.02 | 16.46 | 15.79 | 16.43 | 21.1M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 16.10 | 16.15 | 15.75 | 16.09 | 19.9M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 79.86 | 80.44 | 79.20 | 80.15 | 19.6M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 28.19 | 28.72 | 28.10 | 28.56 | 16M |
Apple | AAPL | 94.70 | 94.76 | 91.86 | 92.67 | 10.6M |
Altria | MO | 15.84 | 16.08 | 15.63 | 16.08 | 10.4M |
Home Depot | HD | 23.41 | 23.79 | 22.73 | 23.11 | 10.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 52.52 | 53.47 | 51.30 | 52.52 | 10.2M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 16.65 | 17.40 | 16.30 | 17.34 | 9.15M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 56.58 | 57.00 | 55.51 | 55.88 | 9.07M |
Chevron | CVX | 78.25 | 79.25 | 76.93 | 79.01 | 8.65M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 32.49 | 33.00 | 32.14 | 32.65 | 8.13M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 20.44 | 20.77 | 20.15 | 20.70 | 7.97M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.04 | 64.55 | 63.04 | 64.35 | 7.77M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 58.47 | 58.76 | 57.63 | 58.58 | 7.69M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 22.42 | 22.54 | 21.82 | 22.52 | 7.58M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 34.83 | 35.35 | 34.55 | 35.28 | 7.39M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 51.05 | 52.67 | 50.50 | 52.39 | 7.1M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 45.20 | 46.91 | 45.20 | 46.87 | 6.28M |
Merck | MRK | 25.68 | 26.72 | 25.64 | 26.72 | 5.92M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 290.58 | 296.45 | 288.28 | 292.96 | 5.13M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 49.35 | 51.00 | 48.60 | 50.74 | 4.87M |
United Technologies | UTX | 47.56 | 48.70 | 47.56 | 48.53 | 3.98M |
McDonald's | MCD | 57.63 | 58.98 | 57.06 | 58.75 | 3.92M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 81.00 | 81.90 | 80.10 | 81.60 | 3.91M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 20.81 | 21.38 | 20.75 | 21.01 | 3.55M |
Pepsico | PEP | 55.18 | 56.81 | 55.01 | 56.70 | 3.53M |
Amazon | AMZN | 44.03 | 44.10 | 42.22 | 42.70 | 3.48M |
3M | MMM | 65.18 | 67.00 | 64.20 | 66.93 | 3.21M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 50.51 | 51.99 | 49.16 | 50.04 | 3.06M |
Visa | V | 51.71 | 52.74 | 51.17 | 52.56 | 2.65M |
Boeing | BA | 41.17 | 42.80 | 41.10 | 42.63 | 2.61M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 44.75 | 45.00 | 44.04 | 44.79 | 2.5M |
Amgen | AMGN | 55.41 | 55.99 | 55.10 | 55.54 | 2.5M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3320.00 | 3499.00 | 3271.00 | 3499.00 | 24.1K |
Exchange Rates of November 28th, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 95.480 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.238 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.808 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.213 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.824 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.826 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 121.200 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.825 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.212 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.939 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.516 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.573 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.636 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.540 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.649 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.663 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.115 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.681 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.469 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.598 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.626 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.296 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.772 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.270 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.787 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.348 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.426 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.904 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.525 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.866 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.536 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.481 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.095 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.811 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.233 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.794 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.260 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.469 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.224 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.979 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.022 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.512 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.181 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.620 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.178 CHF |
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