Financial news on August 31st, 2006
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21.65 | 22.15 | 21.65 | 21.99 | 85.4M |
| Intel | INTC | 19.82 | 19.84 | 19.53 | 19.57 | 46.2M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 15.68 | 15.75 | 15.50 | 15.66 | 27.5M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 25.87 | 25.98 | 25.68 | 25.70 | 26.4M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 27.73 | 27.83 | 27.51 | 27.56 | 23M |
| Apple | AAPL | 67.28 | 68.30 | 66.66 | 67.85 | 20.5M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 68.05 | 68.26 | 67.60 | 67.67 | 19.2M |
| General Electric | GE | 34.31 | 34.32 | 34.01 | 34.06 | 18.5M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 35.80 | 36.70 | 35.80 | 36.56 | 14.4M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 34.89 | 34.90 | 34.69 | 34.75 | 11.1M |
| Home Depot | HD | 34.11 | 34.45 | 33.96 | 34.29 | 10.6M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48.33 | 48.75 | 48.15 | 48.70 | 9.97M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 31.28 | 31.37 | 31.06 | 31.13 | 9.48M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 63.25 | 63.75 | 62.91 | 63.43 | 9.42M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 44.93 | 44.98 | 44.52 | 44.72 | 8.78M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.99 | 22.00 | 21.74 | 21.75 | 7.16M |
| Merck | MRK | 40.81 | 40.97 | 40.35 | 40.55 | 6.92M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 61.50 | 62.77 | 61.23 | 61.30 | 6.86M |
| Chevron | CVX | 65.19 | 65.19 | 64.35 | 64.40 | 6.61M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.57 | 62.03 | 61.55 | 61.90 | 6.51M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 45.70 | 45.87 | 45.58 | 45.66 | 6.25M |
| Altria | MO | 84.50 | 84.52 | 83.53 | 83.53 | 6.22M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 30.75 | 30.99 | 30.47 | 30.83 | 5.95M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 381.49 | 382.15 | 378.20 | 378.53 | 5.91M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 35.36 | 35.45 | 35.17 | 35.18 | 5.76M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 35.00 | 35.19 | 34.81 | 35.04 | 5.43M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.50 | 29.71 | 29.31 | 29.65 | 5.31M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.66 | 64.74 | 64.42 | 64.66 | 4.61M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 68.63 | 68.76 | 67.86 | 68.03 | 4.52M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 51.75 | 52.03 | 51.25 | 51.95 | 4.33M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 81.30 | 81.50 | 80.78 | 80.97 | 3.79M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 45.12 | 45.14 | 44.80 | 44.81 | 3.65M |
| Boeing | BA | 74.75 | 75.58 | 74.75 | 74.90 | 3.06M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 62.16 | 62.97 | 62.01 | 62.71 | 2.79M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 36.16 | 36.19 | 35.77 | 35.90 | 2.54M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 65.40 | 65.73 | 65.27 | 65.28 | 2.5M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 63.91 | 63.91 | 63.03 | 63.40 | 2.44M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 80.36 | 80.66 | 80.03 | 80.35 | 2.28M |
| 3M | MMM | 71.80 | 71.97 | 71.45 | 71.70 | 1.78M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3193.00 | 3206.00 | 3190.00 | 3203.50 | 16.8K |
Exchange Rates of August 31st, 2006
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117.380 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.104 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.906 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.231 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.812 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.953 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.126 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 150.310 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.673 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.487 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.676 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.597 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.413 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.708 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.577 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.634 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.447 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.236 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.115 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.897 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.940 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.064 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.049 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.953 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.492 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.401 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.102 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.476 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.344 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.427 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.843 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.187 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.940 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.064 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.115 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.897 CAD |
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