
Shares of Goldman Sachs and Merck are posting losses Tuesday afternoon, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average into negative territory. The Dow DJIA was most recently trading 117 points (0.4%) lower, as shares of Goldman Sachs GS and Merck MRK have contributed to the index’s intraday decline. Goldman Sachs’s shares have declined $9.20, or 2.5%, while those of Merck have fallen $2.29, or 2.1%, combining for a roughly 76-point drag on the Dow. Also contributing significantly to the decline are UnitedHealth UNH, Chevron CVX, and IBM IBM. A $1 move in any of the Dow’s 30 components results in a 6.59-point swing.
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