The DJIA stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Tuesday was Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) which traded down 2.36% at $32.64. The stock’s 52-week range is $25.74 to $37.90. Trading volume was about 20% below the daily average of around 52 million shares. The company had no specific news today.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) traded down 2.23%% at $125.82. The stock’s 52-week range is $82.90 to $134.54. Trading volume is about 40% below the daily average of around 11.6 million shares. The company’s mobile ad sales trailed competitor Google Android sales for the first time ever.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) traded lower by 1.33% at $78.13. The stock’s 52-week range is $72.61 to $90.97. Trading volume was about 15% below the daily average of around 6.7 million shares. The retailing giant had no specific news today.
The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) traded down 1.82% at $108.06. The stock’s 52-week range is $75.32 to $117.99. Trading volume is about 20% below the daily average of around 5 million shares. The company had no specific news today.
Of the Dow 30 stocks 27 are set to close lower today and only 2 are on track to close higher.
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The one stock that managed to post a gain today was Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) which gained 0.58% in a 52-week range of $48.80 to $69.98. The company had no news today.
The only other Dow 30 stock that didn’t post a loss today was McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) which closed flat on the day at $96.13 after spiking in the morning to a high of $96.46 and diving about an hour later to $95.57. The fast food giant had some bad news from credit rating agencies yesterday after it announced a turnaround plan that was heavy on returning cash to shareholders and light on operational improvements. The stock’s 52-week range is $87.62 to $103.78.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) traded down 0.2% at $110.81. The stock’s 52-week range is $78.54 to $113.30. Trading volume is over double the daily average of nearly 6 million shares. The company just reported its earnings Tuesday morning and hit a new 52-week high. The Mouse House is also coming off a weekend with a strong box office performance for its newest move “The Age of Ultron”.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) closed Tuesday down 0.34% at $87.00. The stock traded within a 52-week range of $78.19 to $111.46. The trading volume was nearly 24% below the daily average volume of about 5.6 million shares. The company had no specific news today.
Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) traded down 0.3% on Tuesday to close at $108.00 in a 52-week range of $98.88 to $135.10. Crude oil closed above $60 a barrel today but that did nothing to pump up shares in either of the Dow energy stocks. Chevron even got some good news today, when a British-based litigation finance firm pulled out of the Ecuadoran judgment that Chevron has been fighting for years.
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