Financial news on March 30th, 2010
Business and Financial news
Asian economies are recovering briskly from the global recession, but risks in the region remain, particularly the potential for government policies to slow down growth. Read more..
An association representing 300 large companies said a provision of the health overhaul would hurt profits. Read more..
One Equity Partners, the private equity arm of JPMorgan Chase, is leading the potential buyout, for about $558 million. Read more..
The bond issue is the first borrowing test since the euro zone unveiled a rescue plan. But borrowing costs remained high. Read more..
Travel to Mexico, both leisure and business, has been severely affected by drug-war violence, and precautions should be taken to avoid known dangerous areas. Read more..
In a ruling with potentially far-reaching implications for the patenting of human genes, a judge struck down a company’s patents on two genes linked to an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Read more..
A drug giant is about to expand the market for its cholesterol medication, but some experts say that these drugs are not safe as preventive medicine. Read more..
For the first time, someone outside the family has been given responsibility to run the banking dynasty. Read more..
The issue of how much money banks need to keep on hand is bound to be on the regulatory front-burner in the near future. Read more..
The government would earn a profit of about $8 billion if it sold the stake today, on top of $8.1 billion it has already collected. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 18.47 | 18.48 | 18.25 | 18.30 | 53.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26.23 | 26.33 | 25.84 | 25.95 | 52.3M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 31.11 | 31.50 | 31.02 | 31.23 | 47.2M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17.32 | 17.39 | 17.13 | 17.26 | 41.8M |
Intel | INTC | 22.40 | 22.54 | 22.18 | 22.34 | 37.9M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.63 | 29.86 | 29.50 | 29.77 | 35M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.64 | 26.71 | 26.34 | 26.65 | 33M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44.90 | 45.05 | 44.36 | 44.58 | 30.3M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 25.48 | 25.58 | 25.22 | 25.54 | 29.8M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 18.41 | 18.84 | 18.41 | 18.74 | 28.2M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.03 | 53.26 | 52.49 | 52.51 | 28M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 31.10 | 31.30 | 30.80 | 30.84 | 26.9M |
Apple | AAPL | 236.60 | 237.48 | 234.25 | 235.85 | 18.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 67.19 | 67.30 | 66.79 | 67.05 | 17.7M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 35.13 | 35.20 | 34.76 | 35.10 | 17.2M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 26.76 | 26.93 | 26.52 | 26.76 | 15.4M |
Altria | MO | 20.69 | 20.73 | 20.51 | 20.65 | 12.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 51.09 | 51.39 | 50.92 | 51.26 | 12.1M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 63.30 | 63.83 | 62.77 | 63.05 | 10.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 52.93 | 53.37 | 52.93 | 53.26 | 10.1M |
Merck | MRK | 37.96 | 37.96 | 37.51 | 37.66 | 9.92M |
3M | MMM | 82.36 | 84.50 | 82.24 | 84.28 | 8.7M |
Home Depot | HD | 32.56 | 32.88 | 32.50 | 32.69 | 8.67M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.95 | 64.98 | 64.56 | 64.90 | 8.31M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.07 | 46.14 | 45.30 | 45.61 | 7.97M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 32.79 | 33.29 | 32.60 | 33.06 | 7.25M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 55.78 | 56.05 | 55.66 | 55.91 | 6.94M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 54.90 | 55.05 | 54.61 | 54.87 | 6.82M |
Chevron | CVX | 75.27 | 75.50 | 74.96 | 75.30 | 6.38M |
Amazon | AMZN | 135.74 | 138.19 | 135.36 | 136.58 | 6.19M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.73 | 63.97 | 63.51 | 63.66 | 6.11M |
Pepsico | PEP | 66.52 | 67.00 | 66.36 | 66.77 | 5.73M |
McDonald's | MCD | 67.11 | 67.49 | 66.92 | 67.24 | 5.09M |
Boeing | BA | 73.84 | 74.18 | 72.70 | 73.53 | 4.38M |
Amgen | AMGN | 59.81 | 60.27 | 59.56 | 60.09 | 4.36M |
Visa | V | 90.47 | 91.84 | 90.34 | 91.00 | 4.08M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 562.83 | 567.63 | 560.28 | 566.71 | 3.95M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 81.54 | 81.82 | 81.43 | 81.60 | 3.62M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 128.90 | 129.13 | 128.25 | 128.77 | 3.43M |
United Technologies | UTX | 74.22 | 74.85 | 73.95 | 74.13 | 2.88M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 73.81 | 74.25 | 73.28 | 73.61 | 2.69M |
Exchange Rates of March 30th, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 92.760 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.020 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.981 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.066 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.938 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.827 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 124.480 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.890 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.123 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.461 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.685 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.368 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.731 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.431 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.699 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.157 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.109 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.715 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.399 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.173 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.853 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.099 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.910 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.149 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.870 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.640 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.610 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.537 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.651 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.607 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.622 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.276 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.097 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.937 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.067 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.979 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.021 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.270 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.159 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.045 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.957 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.694 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.149 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.400 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.156 CHF |
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