Dow Movers: MRK, AAPL | Nasdaq
In early trading on Thursday, shares of Apple topped the list of the day’s best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.3%. Year to date, Apple registers a 49.9% gain.
And the worst performing Dow component thus far on the day is Merck, trading down 1.5%. Merck is lower by about 6.2% looking at the year to date performance.
Two other components making moves today are Johnson & Johnson, trading down 1.1%, and Caterpillar, trading up 0.9% on the day.
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