Financial news on December 29, 2008
Business and Financial news
Online Piracy Menaces Pro Sports
After years of focusing on the pirating of highlight clips and photos on the Web, the major sports leagues are finding that pirated feeds of live games are now common. Read more..
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 29, 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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