The Dow Jones Industrial Common is falling Tuesday afternoon with shares of House Depot and UnitedHealth delivering the stiffest headwinds for the price-weighted common. Shares of House Depot
HD,
-1.82%
and UnitedHealth
UNH,
-1.99%
are contributing to the index’s intraday decline, because the Dow
DJIA,
-0.55%
was most not too long ago buying and selling 177 factors decrease (-0.5%). House Depot’s shares have dropped $5.72 (1.8%) whereas these of UnitedHealth are down $9.79 (1.8%), combining for an roughly 102-point drag on the Dow. Additionally contributing considerably to the decline are Procter & Gamble
PG,
-1.66%,
Amgen Inc.
AMGN,
-1.51%,
and Merck
MRK,
-1.46%.
A $1 transfer in any of the Dow’s 30 elements ends in a 6.59-point swing.