Financial news on July 31, 2006
Business and Financial news
At 25, Media Fates Came to Call
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Celebrity Baby, M.I.A., Stokes a Frenzy
The possibility of one more day without an image of Baby Suri, the daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, has driven the celebrity magazines and tabloids into a tizzy. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Pfizer | PFE | 26,45 | 26,66 | 25,91 | 25,99 | 51.9M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 17,99 | 18,36 | 17,85 | 17,88 | 49.2M |
| Intel | INTC | 18,08 | 18,16 | 17,98 | 18,00 | 42.8M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 24,07 | 24,42 | 24,01 | 24,06 | 40.3M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 14,93 | 15,03 | 14,82 | 14,97 | 35.2M |
| Apple | AAPL | 66,83 | 68,63 | 66,28 | 67,96 | 31.9M |
| General Electric | GE | 32,80 | 32,91 | 32,68 | 32,69 | 22.8M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 67,43 | 67,94 | 66,76 | 67,74 | 20.2M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 29,87 | 30,07 | 29,58 | 29,99 | 17.7M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24,00 | 24,57 | 23,88 | 23,97 | 16.6M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 45,10 | 45,71 | 45,04 | 45,62 | 14.6M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 45,02 | 45,12 | 44,33 | 44,50 | 13.5M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 33,77 | 34,03 | 33,65 | 33,82 | 12.7M |
| Merck | MRK | 41,00 | 41,11 | 40,16 | 40,27 | 12.2M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 34,23 | 34,71 | 34,19 | 34,38 | 11.2M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 47,70 | 47,92 | 47,52 | 47,77 | 9.49M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29,55 | 29,73 | 29,40 | 29,69 | 9.42M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 388,00 | 389,17 | 383,31 | 386,60 | 9.18M |
| Chevron | CVX | 65,70 | 66,19 | 65,25 | 65,78 | 9.14M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 31,86 | 32,09 | 31,79 | 31,91 | 8.93M |
| Home Depot | HD | 34,59 | 34,80 | 34,35 | 34,71 | 8.57M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 68,21 | 69,36 | 67,68 | 68,64 | 8.17M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 27,02 | 27,29 | 26,74 | 26,89 | 8.04M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 65,67 | 67,65 | 65,42 | 66,85 | 7.71M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 56,41 | 56,66 | 56,07 | 56,20 | 7.57M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 68,61 | 69,97 | 68,50 | 69,71 | 7.39M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62,67 | 62,88 | 62,53 | 62,55 | 7.06M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 44,52 | 44,79 | 44,43 | 44,50 | 6.42M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 47,50 | 48,65 | 47,27 | 47,83 | 6.36M |
| Altria | MO | 80,35 | 80,69 | 79,86 | 79,97 | 5.75M |
| Boeing | BA | 78,46 | 78,52 | 77,30 | 77,42 | 5.52M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 71,96 | 72,56 | 71,84 | 72,34 | 5.51M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 76,44 | 77,50 | 76,15 | 77,41 | 5.38M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 35,37 | 35,50 | 35,13 | 35,39 | 4.1M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 63,19 | 63,56 | 62,87 | 63,38 | 3.92M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 62,48 | 62,49 | 60,86 | 61,52 | 3.75M |
| 3M | MMM | 70,10 | 70,98 | 70,04 | 70,40 | 3.07M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 61,85 | 62,33 | 61,75 | 62,19 | 2.31M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 84,48 | 85,15 | 83,79 | 85,00 | 1.49M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3035,00 | 3071,00 | 3035,00 | 3047,00 | 11.6K |
Exchange Rates of July 31, 2006
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 114,620 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,132 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,884 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,231 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,813 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,970 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,125 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 146,320 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,684 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,463 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,668 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,600 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,445 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,692 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,571 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,637 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,467 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,143 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,137 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,879 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,986 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,014 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,074 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,931 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,439 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,410 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,113 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,473 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,299 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,435 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,866 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,155 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,942 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,062 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,088 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,919 CAD |
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