Shares of Walmart and Home Depot are posting strong returns Tuesday morning, lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average into positive territory. Shares of Walmart
WMT,
+5.93%
and Home Depot
HD,
+5.47%
are contributing to the blue-chip gauge’s intraday rally, as the Dow
DJIA,
+0.71%
is trading 177 points (0.5%) higher. Walmart’s shares are up $7.06 (5.3%) while those of Home Depot are up $13.82 (4.4%), combining for an approximately 138-point boost for the Dow. Other components contributing significantly to the gain include IBM
IBM,
+1.60%,
Nike
NKE,
+1.69%,
and Procter & Gamble
PG,
+1.10%.
A $1 move in any of the benchmark’s 30 components results in a 6.59-point swing.