Financial news on March 30, 2009
Business and Financial news
Cable Mounts a Drive for Broadband in Europe
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Fox News’s Mad, Apocalyptic, Tearful Rising Star
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 10.33 | 11.17 | 9.78 | 9.93 | 154M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 14.70 | 15.12 | 13.37 | 13.37 | 148M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 25.67 | 26.37 | 24.78 | 24.85 | 105M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 13.88 | 14.04 | 13.55 | 13.70 | 59.8M |
| Intel | INTC | 15.09 | 15.10 | 14.48 | 14.72 | 55.4M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 17.74 | 17.76 | 17.27 | 17.48 | 49.6M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 16.57 | 16.57 | 16.08 | 16.31 | 45.1M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.66 | 17.70 | 17.25 | 17.66 | 33.1M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 68.54 | 68.85 | 67.58 | 68.63 | 32.2M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25.49 | 25.69 | 24.88 | 25.16 | 30.1M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46.69 | 48.12 | 46.65 | 47.89 | 29.5M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 32.26 | 32.40 | 31.48 | 32.12 | 28.5M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 14.27 | 14.33 | 13.53 | 13.65 | 23.1M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 39.37 | 39.40 | 38.25 | 39.02 | 22.2M |
| Home Depot | HD | 23.24 | 23.46 | 22.66 | 23.38 | 21.6M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.22 | 30.39 | 29.71 | 30.22 | 21.2M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 20.34 | 21.46 | 20.34 | 21.02 | 21.2M |
| Apple | AAPL | 104.51 | 105.01 | 102.61 | 104.49 | 18M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 52.00 | 52.16 | 51.26 | 51.76 | 16.7M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 52.54 | 53.46 | 52.36 | 53.01 | 15.7M |
| Merck | MRK | 26.78 | 26.90 | 26.14 | 26.55 | 14.5M |
| Chevron | CVX | 67.54 | 67.89 | 65.96 | 66.80 | 14.3M |
| Altria | MO | 16.34 | 16.74 | 16.16 | 16.38 | 13.2M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 18.12 | 18.26 | 17.54 | 17.85 | 13.2M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 42.20 | 42.57 | 40.48 | 41.12 | 12.9M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 48.04 | 48.10 | 46.57 | 47.28 | 12.7M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 43.91 | 45.64 | 43.62 | 45.62 | 11.5M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 44.50 | 44.66 | 43.43 | 43.92 | 11.5M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 92.00 | 94.74 | 91.80 | 94.52 | 11M |
| Boeing | BA | 36.63 | 36.98 | 35.11 | 35.52 | 10.8M |
| Visa | V | 53.30 | 54.85 | 53.01 | 53.50 | 9.65M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 51.50 | 51.98 | 49.71 | 50.52 | 9.43M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 54.00 | 54.17 | 53.03 | 53.92 | 8.7M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 20.45 | 20.87 | 20.16 | 20.54 | 8.54M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 70.40 | 71.67 | 69.75 | 71.44 | 8.37M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 52.06 | 52.62 | 51.28 | 51.79 | 7.58M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 43.60 | 43.91 | 42.14 | 42.60 | 6.53M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 342.55 | 343.81 | 336.06 | 342.69 | 6.18M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 41.41 | 41.84 | 40.31 | 40.98 | 5.88M |
| 3M | MMM | 49.72 | 49.94 | 48.08 | 48.65 | 4.8M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2845.00 | 2848.00 | 2753.00 | 2810.00 | 31.9K |
Exchange Rates of March 30, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 97.380 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.261 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.793 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.149 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.871 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.837 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 128.550 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.925 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.081 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.936 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.516 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.664 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.601 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.516 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.660 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.026 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.111 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.719 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.390 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.506 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.664 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.294 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.773 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.179 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.848 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.093 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.478 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.799 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.556 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.639 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.610 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.740 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.103 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.859 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.164 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.783 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.278 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.656 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.215 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.910 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.099 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.420 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.185 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.953 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.168 CHF |
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