Shares of Chevron and Walmart are trading lower Friday afternoon, dragging the Dow Jones Industrial Average into negative territory. Shares of Chevron
CVX,
-3.19%
and Walmart
WMT,
-2.33%
are contributing to the blue-chip gauge’s intraday decline, as the Dow
DJIA,
-0.90%
was most recently trading 172 points (0.5%) lower. Chevron’s shares have fallen $5.08 (2.9%) while those of Walmart have fallen $3.07 (2.1%), combining for an approximately 54-point drag on the Dow. Also contributing significantly to the decline are Amgen
AMGN,
-2.42%,
Nike
NKE,
-1.74%,
and Merck
MRK,
-1.87%.
A $1 move in any of the Dow’s 30 components equates to a 6.59-point swing.
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