Financial news on July 31st, 2006
Business and Financial news
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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 31st, 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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