Financial news on July 29th, 2009
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 | 12,44 | 12,44 | 12,11 | 12,26 | 80M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 23,73 | 23,91 | 23,34 | 23,80 | 73.6M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 16,00 | 16,08 | 15,64 | 15,75 | 60.9M |
| Intel | INTC | 19,29 | 19,44 | 19,11 | 19,40 | 50.3M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 24,29 | 24,76 | 24,16 | 24,38 | 48.1M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21,80 | 21,87 | 21,50 | 21,72 | 33.6M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 37,79 | 38,24 | 37,44 | 37,77 | 29.9M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25,46 | 25,97 | 25,40 | 25,95 | 27.1M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 43,90 | 43,93 | 42,37 | 42,86 | 25.5M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 71,07 | 71,58 | 70,30 | 71,43 | 24.1M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 31,26 | 32,01 | 31,09 | 31,98 | 22.1M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22,13 | 22,28 | 21,83 | 22,01 | 21M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 28,53 | 29,60 | 28,20 | 28,41 | 17M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48,92 | 49,57 | 48,80 | 49,37 | 16.6M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 14,86 | 15,00 | 14,46 | 14,59 | 16.5M |
| Merck | MRK | 30,01 | 30,14 | 29,51 | 29,87 | 15.9M |
| Apple | AAPL | 158,90 | 160,45 | 158,25 | 160,03 | 13.6M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 41,53 | 42,24 | 41,24 | 42,19 | 13.5M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21,07 | 21,63 | 21,07 | 21,59 | 13.1M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 45,38 | 45,87 | 45,12 | 45,69 | 13.1M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 53,63 | 53,88 | 52,16 | 52,49 | 12.4M |
| Home Depot | HD | 25,37 | 25,65 | 25,12 | 25,39 | 12M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 26,18 | 26,64 | 25,78 | 25,89 | 11.8M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 62,62 | 63,50 | 62,36 | 63,23 | 11.8M |
| Altria | MO | 17,60 | 17,72 | 17,50 | 17,69 | 11M |
| Chevron | CVX | 67,50 | 67,82 | 66,46 | 67,12 | 10.7M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60,74 | 61,44 | 60,69 | 61,16 | 10.5M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 55,56 | 56,37 | 55,56 | 56,12 | 9.67M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 49,42 | 49,94 | 49,09 | 49,28 | 9.06M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 56,25 | 56,96 | 56,20 | 56,41 | 8M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 84,47 | 85,50 | 83,52 | 84,34 | 6.5M |
| Visa | V | 66,60 | 66,89 | 65,72 | 66,78 | 5.51M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 49,40 | 49,96 | 49,39 | 49,81 | 5.41M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 55,77 | 56,40 | 55,75 | 56,33 | 5.4M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 116,36 | 117,28 | 116,05 | 117,26 | 5.1M |
| Boeing | BA | 43,00 | 43,50 | 42,64 | 43,37 | 5.08M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 52,14 | 53,34 | 51,95 | 53,20 | 4.83M |
| 3M | MMM | 69,33 | 69,67 | 68,38 | 68,72 | 4.67M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 55,64 | 56,48 | 54,62 | 56,13 | 4.18M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 437,23 | 437,80 | 431,89 | 436,24 | 3.97M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3129,00 | 3129,00 | 3106,50 | 3121,00 | 33.9K |
Exchange Rates of July 29th, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 95,060 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,091 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,917 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,088 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,919 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,832 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 133,390 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,857 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,166 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,717 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,582 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,531 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,653 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,527 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,655 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,591 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,104 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,642 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,557 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,287 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,777 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,147 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,872 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,144 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,874 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,003 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,499 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,785 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,560 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,781 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,562 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11,174 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,089 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,891 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,122 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,889 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,125 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5,584 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,179 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,997 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,003 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,265 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,160 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,279 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,159 CHF |
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