Financial news on March 30, 2007
Business and Financial news
Voestalpine, the biggest steel maker in Austria, agreed to buy a specialty-steel producer, Boehler-Uddeholm, for 3.52 billion euros ($4.69 billion), foiling a bid by a private equity company, CVC Capital Partners. Voestalpine, based in Linz, said ... Read more..
Fourth-quarter net income rose 15 percent, driven by an increase in used-vehicle sales and an income increase from its financing unit. Read more..
The value of corporate deals reached $1.08 trillion in the first quarter, 24 percent more than the first quarter of 2006. Read more..
Christian Dior announced it had replaced Hedi Slimane, whose razor-thin suits helped revitalize the image of the house. Read more..
The deal will transfer the Travel Channel, a museum audio tour business and $1.275 billion in cash to Cox in exchange for its 25 percent stake. Read more..
Prices are rising at the pumps again, but even as gas tops $3 a gallon, consumption has not gone down. Read more..
The carmaker’s campaign is showing results, with some of the auto industry’s best scores on crash tests. Read more..
The discounts on the Tundra may be another sign that Toyota is not cutting into the truck market as much as rivals feared. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 19.08 | 19.18 | 18.90 | 19.13 | 60.2M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 27.75 | 27.95 | 27.50 | 27.87 | 47.1M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 25.43 | 25.65 | 25.11 | 25.53 | 38.9M |
General Electric | GE | 35.52 | 35.58 | 35.00 | 35.36 | 34.2M |
Pfizer | PFE | 25.33 | 25.44 | 25.02 | 25.26 | 30.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 76.24 | 76.35 | 74.94 | 75.45 | 24M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 39.31 | 39.54 | 39.11 | 39.43 | 22.3M |
Apple | AAPL | 94.28 | 94.68 | 92.75 | 92.91 | 21.4M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.15 | 18.27 | 17.89 | 18.13 | 20.8M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 37.53 | 38.09 | 37.45 | 37.92 | 15.9M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 46.86 | 47.09 | 46.64 | 46.95 | 15.2M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 40.10 | 40.37 | 39.49 | 40.14 | 14.2M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 68.78 | 69.08 | 68.00 | 68.35 | 14.2M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.43 | 60.45 | 59.95 | 60.26 | 13.3M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 25.90 | 26.00 | 25.68 | 25.95 | 12.9M |
Altria | MO | 86.70 | 87.81 | 86.40 | 87.81 | 12.8M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 48.61 | 49.02 | 47.95 | 48.38 | 12.7M |
Home Depot | HD | 37.00 | 37.19 | 36.35 | 36.74 | 12.7M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34.50 | 34.78 | 34.16 | 34.43 | 12.5M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 55.50 | 56.07 | 55.41 | 55.80 | 12M |
Amgen | AMGN | 56.00 | 56.11 | 55.30 | 55.88 | 10.7M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.42 | 34.75 | 34.04 | 34.43 | 10.7M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 48.26 | 48.50 | 47.60 | 48.00 | 8.97M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 52.84 | 53.23 | 52.52 | 52.97 | 8.71M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.11 | 63.40 | 62.00 | 63.16 | 8.53M |
Chevron | CVX | 74.66 | 74.81 | 73.38 | 73.96 | 8.51M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 69.92 | 70.27 | 69.00 | 69.10 | 8.11M |
Merck | MRK | 44.08 | 44.20 | 43.33 | 44.17 | 7.85M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 94.24 | 94.75 | 93.57 | 94.26 | 7.64M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 27.92 | 28.01 | 27.50 | 27.76 | 7M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 462.10 | 463.40 | 456.14 | 458.16 | 6.75M |
Amazon | AMZN | 39.75 | 40.24 | 39.42 | 39.79 | 6M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63.94 | 64.00 | 62.90 | 63.56 | 5.08M |
United Technologies | UTX | 64.86 | 65.20 | 64.31 | 65.00 | 5.05M |
McDonald's | MCD | 44.95 | 45.27 | 44.71 | 45.05 | 4.77M |
Boeing | BA | 89.62 | 90.07 | 88.65 | 88.91 | 4.59M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 76.08 | 77.08 | 75.53 | 76.65 | 4.07M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 101.21 | 103.53 | 101.00 | 101.55 | 3.47M |
3M | MMM | 75.98 | 77.04 | 75.67 | 76.43 | 3.4M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3607.00 | 3640.00 | 3598.00 | 3640.00 | 8.6K |
Exchange Rates of March 30, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117.810 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.154 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.867 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.215 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.823 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.732 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.129 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 157.330 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.679 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.474 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.651 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.606 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.541 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.649 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.623 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.616 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.431 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.320 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.049 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.953 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.979 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.022 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.031 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.970 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.434 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.411 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.270 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.440 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.391 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.418 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.932 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.073 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.982 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.018 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.053 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.950 CAD |
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