Financial news on December 29th, 2008
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 19.15 | 19.21 | 18.64 | 18.96 | 58.5M |
| General Electric | GE | 15.95 | 16.00 | 15.35 | 15.66 | 55.9M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 16.16 | 16.25 | 15.73 | 16.01 | 33.2M |
| Intel | INTC | 14.24 | 14.35 | 13.91 | 14.13 | 31.9M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 17.12 | 17.30 | 17.01 | 17.29 | 31.8M |
| Apple | AAPL | 86.52 | 87.62 | 85.07 | 86.61 | 24.5M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 78.28 | 78.55 | 77.09 | 78.02 | 22.8M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 29.99 | 30.02 | 28.80 | 29.78 | 22.3M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.32 | 17.40 | 17.02 | 17.22 | 21.2M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.89 | 27.91 | 27.30 | 27.83 | 21M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 28.02 | 28.08 | 27.32 | 27.86 | 17.1M |
| Altria | MO | 15.07 | 15.19 | 14.91 | 15.19 | 15.9M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 15.60 | 15.65 | 15.06 | 15.53 | 13.4M |
| Merck | MRK | 29.11 | 29.25 | 27.95 | 28.30 | 13M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 49.51 | 49.99 | 48.31 | 49.00 | 12.9M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 23.39 | 23.39 | 22.63 | 22.94 | 10.9M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 33.35 | 33.43 | 32.58 | 33.14 | 10.8M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 35.38 | 35.63 | 34.97 | 35.58 | 10.7M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 55.35 | 55.40 | 54.52 | 55.11 | 10M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 58.58 | 58.88 | 57.34 | 58.15 | 9.86M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.17 | 53.17 | 51.55 | 52.17 | 9.39M |
| Chevron | CVX | 71.25 | 71.73 | 70.41 | 71.55 | 8.99M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 40.40 | 41.40 | 39.50 | 40.91 | 8.59M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 60.78 | 60.78 | 59.43 | 60.20 | 8.59M |
| Home Depot | HD | 23.54 | 23.70 | 23.00 | 23.36 | 8.46M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 22.15 | 22.15 | 21.15 | 21.47 | 7.41M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 300.22 | 301.38 | 291.58 | 297.42 | 7.4M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 44.86 | 44.86 | 43.72 | 44.41 | 6.98M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 51.43 | 51.77 | 48.56 | 49.40 | 6.51M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 81.72 | 81.72 | 79.68 | 81.25 | 6.06M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 60.99 | 61.37 | 59.79 | 60.38 | 5.79M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 26.41 | 26.41 | 25.08 | 25.57 | 5.51M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 57.36 | 57.56 | 56.27 | 56.87 | 5.24M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 54.81 | 55.07 | 53.42 | 54.07 | 4.71M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 50.70 | 50.70 | 49.17 | 49.89 | 4.28M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 50.92 | 51.33 | 50.38 | 51.33 | 3.91M |
| Boeing | BA | 40.38 | 40.55 | 39.50 | 39.99 | 3.88M |
| Visa | V | 53.05 | 53.59 | 51.93 | 52.17 | 3.45M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 46.80 | 47.02 | 44.90 | 46.08 | 3.16M |
| 3M | MMM | 55.55 | 56.00 | 54.26 | 55.37 | 3.04M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3140.00 | 3145.00 | 3040.00 | 3088.00 | 25.4K |
Exchange Rates of December 29th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 90.650 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.220 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.820 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.061 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.942 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.846 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 126.270 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.967 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.034 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 2.032 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.492 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.699 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.589 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.479 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.676 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.557 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.105 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.765 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.307 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.609 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.622 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.345 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.743 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.171 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.854 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.100 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.476 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.756 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.569 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.528 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.654 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.876 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.101 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.835 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.197 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.727 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.375 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.698 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.213 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.870 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.150 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.610 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.178 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.461 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 CHF |
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