Shares of 3M and Caterpillar are seeing declines Wednesday afternoon, dragging the Dow Jones Industrial Average into negative territory. The Dow
DJIA,
was most recently trading 107 points lower (-0.3%), as shares of 3M
MMM,
and Caterpillar
CAT,
are contributing to the index’s intraday decline. 3M’s shares are off $6.31 (5.9%) while those of Caterpillar are off $8.47 (3.0%), combining for a roughly 97-point drag on the Dow. Dow
DOW,
Salesforce
CRM,
and Merck
MRK,
are also contributing significantly to the decline. A $1 move in any of the benchmark’s 30 components results in a 6.59-point swing.
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