Financial news on November 29, 2010
Business and Financial news
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 25.19 | 25.42 | 24.93 | 25.31 | 56.6M |
| General Electric | GE | 15.73 | 16.05 | 15.68 | 15.97 | 56.5M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19.47 | 19.54 | 19.23 | 19.44 | 52M |
| Intel | INTC | 21.15 | 21.45 | 21.12 | 21.33 | 46.9M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 16.41 | 16.62 | 16.25 | 16.56 | 39.1M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 27.17 | 27.34 | 26.91 | 27.22 | 32.6M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 26.58 | 27.35 | 26.51 | 27.20 | 31.2M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 37.47 | 38.09 | 37.11 | 37.91 | 30.9M |
| General Motors | GM | 33.80 | 33.81 | 33.07 | 33.80 | 27.8M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 27.85 | 27.87 | 27.49 | 27.70 | 24.5M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46.76 | 46.90 | 46.20 | 46.49 | 20.7M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 42.58 | 42.76 | 42.08 | 42.60 | 20.6M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 68.86 | 69.64 | 68.30 | 69.45 | 20M |
| Apple | AAPL | 315.50 | 317.48 | 311.38 | 316.87 | 15.9M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 32.18 | 32.20 | 31.67 | 31.90 | 14.9M |
| Merck | MRK | 34.58 | 34.74 | 34.29 | 34.69 | 13.3M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 19.99 | 20.30 | 19.88 | 20.21 | 13.2M |
| Altria | MO | 24.30 | 24.51 | 24.11 | 24.43 | 12.9M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61.81 | 62.01 | 61.39 | 61.91 | 12M |
| Home Depot | HD | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 11.8M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 63.55 | 63.65 | 62.87 | 63.39 | 11.2M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 35.54 | 36.67 | 35.05 | 36.59 | 10.9M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53.65 | 53.92 | 53.43 | 53.85 | 10.8M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 37.11 | 37.17 | 36.65 | 37.06 | 9.79M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 179.99 | 181.84 | 177.57 | 179.49 | 9.7M |
| Chevron | CVX | 81.30 | 82.05 | 80.41 | 81.69 | 9.07M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 75.90 | 77.16 | 75.06 | 77.00 | 8.59M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 60.44 | 60.90 | 59.57 | 60.68 | 8.5M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 36.45 | 36.71 | 36.10 | 36.42 | 8.5M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 62.05 | 62.24 | 61.67 | 62.13 | 8.43M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.42 | 25.49 | 25.10 | 25.42 | 8.33M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 53.08 | 53.58 | 52.19 | 53.32 | 6.37M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 63.76 | 64.14 | 63.43 | 64.01 | 5.78M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 589.17 | 589.80 | 579.95 | 582.11 | 5.71M |
| Visa | V | 75.23 | 75.23 | 72.92 | 74.19 | 5.39M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 143.53 | 143.67 | 141.50 | 142.89 | 5.04M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 77.94 | 78.47 | 77.15 | 78.26 | 4.98M |
| Boeing | BA | 64.33 | 64.70 | 63.44 | 64.36 | 4.38M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 74.72 | 75.08 | 73.88 | 74.80 | 4.36M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 79.04 | 79.89 | 78.82 | 79.51 | 4.09M |
| 3M | MMM | 83.70 | 84.38 | 83.00 | 84.22 | 3.59M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 89.50 | 90.86 | 88.48 | 90.65 | 3M |
Exchange Rates of November 29, 2010
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 84.230 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.012 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.018 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.983 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.000 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.001 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.660 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.150 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 110.630 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.843 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.186 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.363 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.734 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.337 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.748 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.313 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.762 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.744 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.114 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.762 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.313 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.232 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.812 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.208 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.828 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.186 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.843 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.617 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.619 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.585 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.631 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.557 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.642 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.369 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.096 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.980 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.020 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.963 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.039 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.420 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.156 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.982 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.019 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.545 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.153 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.667 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.150 CHF |
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