Shares of Walgreens Boots and Caterpillar are trading higher Friday morning, lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average into positive territory. Shares of Walgreens Boots
WBA,
+2.19%
and Caterpillar
CAT,
+3.60%
have contributed to the blue-chip gauge’s intraday rally, as the Dow
DJIA,
+1.32%
was most recently trading 262 points higher (0.9%). Walgreens Boots’s shares have climbed $0.99 (3.0%) while those of Caterpillar have risen $4.28, or 2.4%, combining for an approximately 35-point bump for the Dow. Other components contributing significantly to the gain include Dow
DOW,
+2.77%,
JPMorgan Chase
JPM,
+2.69%,
and Goldman Sachs
GS,
+3.25%.
A $1 move in any one of the 30 components of the index equates to a 6.59-point swing.
Editor’s Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
