Behind declines for shares of Home Depot and American Express, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down Thursday morning. Shares of Home Depot
HD,
-3.16%
and American Express
AXP,
-2.51%
are contributing to the index’s intraday decline, as the Dow
DJIA,
-0.76%
was most recently trading 276 points, or 0.8%, lower. Home Depot’s shares are down $10.87, or 3.4%, while those of American Express are down $4.74 (3.2%), combining for an approximately 103-point drag on the Dow. Also contributing significantly to the decline are Caterpillar
CAT,
-2.18%,
3M
MMM,
-2.79%,
and Microsoft
MSFT,
-1.97%.
A $1 move in any one of the 30 components of the index results in 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.
