Financial news on January 29th, 2009
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 19.83 | 20.73 | 18.73 | 18.78 | 128M |
| General Electric | GE | 13.33 | 13.35 | 12.69 | 12.72 | 79.4M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 15.27 | 15.48 | 15.02 | 15.12 | 67.7M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 26.74 | 27.18 | 25.25 | 25.43 | 58.6M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 16.70 | 16.70 | 15.80 | 15.93 | 53.2M |
| Intel | INTC | 13.85 | 13.85 | 13.31 | 13.37 | 51.4M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 17.78 | 17.96 | 17.56 | 17.59 | 49.2M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25.38 | 25.54 | 24.33 | 24.71 | 44.5M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 77.58 | 78.00 | 76.64 | 77.00 | 38.9M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.59 | 55.48 | 54.28 | 55.41 | 29M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.67 | 17.87 | 17.26 | 17.59 | 27.5M |
| Altria | MO | 16.99 | 17.07 | 16.77 | 16.84 | 21.5M |
| Apple | AAPL | 93.09 | 94.34 | 92.60 | 93.00 | 21.2M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 49.01 | 49.01 | 46.88 | 47.16 | 21.1M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 15.81 | 16.11 | 15.27 | 15.33 | 20.3M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.56 | 49.07 | 47.79 | 47.86 | 18.9M |
| Home Depot | HD | 22.50 | 23.08 | 21.91 | 22.00 | 18M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 49.96 | 51.85 | 49.14 | 50.00 | 18M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.84 | 30.84 | 29.71 | 30.23 | 17.3M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 58.17 | 58.77 | 57.65 | 58.28 | 16.2M |
| Chevron | CVX | 72.51 | 72.69 | 70.61 | 70.62 | 15.8M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 36.52 | 37.00 | 35.82 | 35.93 | 14.8M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.40 | 22.50 | 21.61 | 21.82 | 14.8M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 344.54 | 345.05 | 340.11 | 343.32 | 14.6M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 57.79 | 59.00 | 57.56 | 58.22 | 14.6M |
| Merck | MRK | 28.52 | 29.06 | 28.38 | 28.94 | 12M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 21.93 | 22.02 | 21.12 | 21.25 | 11.3M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 43.70 | 44.49 | 43.34 | 43.55 | 10.6M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 58.78 | 59.06 | 58.02 | 58.14 | 9.56M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 93.58 | 94.58 | 92.02 | 92.51 | 9.23M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 43.10 | 43.30 | 41.59 | 41.93 | 9.06M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 29.68 | 29.70 | 28.51 | 28.69 | 8.84M |
| Boeing | BA | 42.76 | 42.76 | 40.37 | 40.71 | 8.45M |
| 3M | MMM | 55.63 | 57.71 | 55.03 | 56.55 | 8.15M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 50.06 | 51.26 | 49.83 | 50.64 | 8.11M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 54.15 | 55.27 | 54.15 | 54.82 | 7.67M |
| Visa | V | 45.94 | 48.11 | 45.25 | 46.27 | 6.52M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 50.00 | 50.19 | 48.50 | 48.68 | 6.16M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 51.85 | 52.40 | 51.42 | 51.68 | 5.37M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 46.22 | 46.28 | 44.38 | 44.70 | 4.48M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2904.00 | 2974.00 | 2501.00 | 2900.00 | 32.3K |
Exchange Rates of January 29th, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 89.980 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.226 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.816 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.153 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.867 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.840 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 116.560 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.906 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.104 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.986 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.504 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.588 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.630 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.494 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.670 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.859 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.113 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.777 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.287 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.703 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.587 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.362 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.734 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.281 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.781 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.192 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.456 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.753 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.570 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.649 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.607 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.772 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.102 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.799 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.251 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.752 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.330 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.466 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.224 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.940 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.064 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.585 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.179 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.929 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.169 CHF |
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