Financial news on April 30, 2009
Business and Financial news
A mechanic was found dead on railroad tracks in India after he reported that someone had tampered with the helicopter of Anil Ambani, the chairman of the Reliance ADA Group. Read more..
President Obama forced Chrysler into federal bankruptcy protection on Thursday so it could pursue a lifesaving alliance with the Italian automaker Fiat. Read more..
Shareholders of Fortis refused to discharge the board for the 2008 financial year, leaving its members potentially liable if wrongdoing is discovered. Read more..
A country that depends on exports for 40 percent of its gross domestic product is hit hard by the worldwide recession. Read more..
State insurance oversight may not be ideal, but for now it appears preferable to the alternative. Read more..
Microsoft is responding to Opera’s accusation that bundling Internet Explorer with Windows harms the market for browsers. Read more..
More on Panasonic’s Lumix GH1, the second Micro Four Thirds camera — a format intended to place an S.L.R.-sized sensor into a smaller body. Read more..
Clear Channel, the radio station operator that was taken private last year, is facing mounting debt payments as media companies face a steep drop in advertising. Read more..
It may still be months before the economy turns around, but investors on Wednesday were acting as if a recovery was just around the bend, and bet heavily that the worst economic declines were over. Read more..
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 20,36 | 21,96 | 19,90 | 20,01 | 116M |
General Electric | GE | 12,53 | 12,81 | 12,52 | 12,65 | 114M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 35,01 | 35,21 | 32,75 | 33,00 | 94.6M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 20,60 | 21,10 | 20,01 | 20,26 | 87.4M |
Intel | INTC | 15,61 | 16,16 | 15,50 | 15,78 | 77.8M |
Pfizer | PFE | 13,58 | 13,72 | 13,28 | 13,36 | 64.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19,69 | 19,93 | 19,10 | 19,32 | 60.4M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19,75 | 19,94 | 19,04 | 19,34 | 49.4M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 21,28 | 22,57 | 21,15 | 21,90 | 36.6M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 43,00 | 43,07 | 41,37 | 41,85 | 35.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 68,64 | 68,74 | 66,22 | 66,67 | 35.1M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 16,20 | 16,30 | 15,37 | 15,46 | 34.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25,83 | 25,95 | 25,34 | 25,62 | 32.5M |
Merck | MRK | 24,12 | 24,58 | 24,00 | 24,24 | 28.1M |
Visa | V | 64,14 | 68,00 | 63,92 | 64,96 | 25.4M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 50,23 | 50,23 | 48,25 | 49,44 | 24.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 30,74 | 30,77 | 29,99 | 30,34 | 23.9M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 50,84 | 50,85 | 49,93 | 50,40 | 23.1M |
Altria | MO | 16,96 | 16,98 | 16,33 | 16,33 | 20.9M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 51,47 | 52,61 | 51,35 | 52,36 | 20M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 36,78 | 37,40 | 35,73 | 35,98 | 19.4M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 19,28 | 19,34 | 18,97 | 19,20 | 18.9M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 42,05 | 42,23 | 40,52 | 41,00 | 18.9M |
Home Depot | HD | 26,55 | 27,07 | 26,27 | 26,32 | 18.3M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 43,13 | 44,07 | 42,80 | 43,05 | 18M |
Apple | AAPL | 126,22 | 127,00 | 124,92 | 125,83 | 17.8M |
Chevron | CVX | 68,00 | 68,00 | 65,30 | 66,10 | 14.1M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 50,79 | 50,79 | 47,91 | 48,99 | 13.1M |
Amgen | AMGN | 51,33 | 51,33 | 48,25 | 48,47 | 12.2M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 47,37 | 47,48 | 45,10 | 45,80 | 11.8M |
McDonald's | MCD | 54,71 | 55,24 | 53,10 | 53,29 | 11.2M |
Pepsico | PEP | 50,91 | 51,00 | 49,52 | 49,76 | 11M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 24,40 | 24,46 | 23,37 | 23,52 | 10.7M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 104,55 | 106,05 | 102,85 | 103,21 | 10.7M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 395,76 | 403,75 | 394,80 | 395,97 | 8.7M |
Amazon | AMZN | 80,93 | 82,67 | 79,89 | 80,52 | 8.54M |
Boeing | BA | 41,07 | 41,74 | 39,90 | 40,05 | 7.03M |
United Technologies | UTX | 49,48 | 50,28 | 48,52 | 48,84 | 6.54M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 49,49 | 50,72 | 49,06 | 49,14 | 6.1M |
3M | MMM | 58,18 | 58,98 | 57,00 | 57,60 | 5.36M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3100,00 | 3155,00 | 3041,00 | 3065,00 | 42.5K |
Exchange Rates of April 30, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 98,560 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,194 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,838 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,141 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,877 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,818 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,147 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 130,350 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,894 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,118 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,823 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,549 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,579 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,633 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,509 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,663 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,033 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,111 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,686 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,458 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,398 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,715 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,211 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,826 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,157 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,864 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,038 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,491 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,765 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,566 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,686 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,593 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,084 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,099 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,866 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,155 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,827 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,209 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4,954 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,202 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,955 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,047 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5,706 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,175 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5,981 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,167 CHF |
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