Financial news on August 29th, 2008
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 23.28 | 23.40 | 22.85 | 22.87 | 53.6M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27.68 | 27.78 | 27.29 | 27.29 | 50.7M |
| General Electric | GE | 28.78 | 28.88 | 28.08 | 28.10 | 47.1M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.40 | 22.43 | 21.70 | 21.93 | 35.3M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.35 | 24.35 | 23.91 | 24.05 | 33.1M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 32.01 | 32.81 | 31.99 | 31.99 | 31.3M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 30.17 | 30.57 | 29.84 | 30.27 | 29.3M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 19.24 | 19.34 | 19.07 | 19.11 | 25.3M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 38.51 | 38.94 | 38.09 | 38.49 | 23.3M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 81.50 | 81.50 | 80.01 | 80.01 | 22.1M |
| Apple | AAPL | 172.96 | 173.50 | 169.04 | 169.53 | 21.4M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 21.42 | 21.50 | 21.13 | 21.18 | 14.5M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 46.75 | 47.34 | 46.67 | 46.92 | 14.1M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 59.61 | 59.88 | 59.06 | 59.07 | 12.9M |
| Home Depot | HD | 27.22 | 27.48 | 27.02 | 27.12 | 12.5M |
| Merck | MRK | 36.31 | 36.33 | 35.51 | 35.67 | 11.6M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 35.22 | 35.88 | 34.55 | 35.12 | 10.8M |
| Altria | MO | 21.01 | 21.44 | 21.01 | 21.03 | 10.7M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 83.99 | 83.99 | 82.39 | 82.51 | 10.5M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 71.18 | 71.40 | 70.42 | 70.43 | 10.4M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 70.71 | 71.08 | 69.74 | 69.77 | 9.57M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32.37 | 32.75 | 32.31 | 32.35 | 9.06M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 53.09 | 53.09 | 52.04 | 52.07 | 8.92M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.60 | 21.71 | 21.33 | 21.34 | 8.7M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 58.47 | 58.82 | 57.43 | 57.43 | 8.29M |
| Chevron | CVX | 87.62 | 87.73 | 86.12 | 86.32 | 8.09M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 469.75 | 471.01 | 462.33 | 463.29 | 7.69M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 97.39 | 97.54 | 94.22 | 94.22 | 7.5M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 123.71 | 123.99 | 121.63 | 121.73 | 7.16M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 30.04 | 30.75 | 29.86 | 30.45 | 7.14M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 63.66 | 64.16 | 62.83 | 62.85 | 6.73M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 62.76 | 62.94 | 61.81 | 62.05 | 5.96M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 53.22 | 53.56 | 52.34 | 52.68 | 5.23M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 82.76 | 84.95 | 82.76 | 83.90 | 5.12M |
| Visa | V | 74.96 | 76.00 | 74.70 | 75.90 | 4.83M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 82.90 | 82.90 | 80.50 | 80.81 | 4.73M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 69.18 | 69.48 | 68.43 | 68.48 | 4.21M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 66.34 | 66.89 | 65.43 | 65.59 | 3.99M |
| Boeing | BA | 66.25 | 66.43 | 65.10 | 65.56 | 3.91M |
| 3M | MMM | 72.14 | 72.55 | 71.51 | 71.60 | 3.44M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3928.00 | 3938.00 | 3863.00 | 3902.00 | 16.9K |
Exchange Rates of August 29th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 108.770 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.064 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.940 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.101 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.908 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.835 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 159.610 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.805 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.242 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.709 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.585 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.561 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.641 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.616 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.619 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.504 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.983 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.071 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.934 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.978 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.023 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.012 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.988 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.122 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.471 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.938 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.516 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.005 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.499 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.913 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.096 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.945 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.059 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.035 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.966 CAD |
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