In early trading, Microsoft leads as the best performing Dow component, up 5.6% with a 28.6% year-to-date gain. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth Group is the worst performer, down 2.6% and 48.8% year-to-date. Boeing is down 1.7% and NVIDIA is up 1.3% for the day.

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