Stock Market Update
18-Oct-24 13:30 ET
AmEx, Merck underperform in DJIA on Friday
Dow +15.30
at 43254.35,
Nasdaq +120.93
at 18494.54,
S&P +22.59
at 5864.06
[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average (+0.04%) is just above Thursday's closing lines in recent trading.
A look inside the DJIA shows that American Express (AXP 277.00, -8.78, -3.07%), Merck (MRK 108.87, -0.88, -0.80%), and Nike (NKE 82.82, -0.58, -0.70%) are underperforming.
Meanwhile, Apple (AAPL 235.20, +3.05, +1.31%) is atop the average.
The DJIA is on pace to end the week +0.91% higher.
Elsewhere, at the top of the hour, Baker Hughes (BKR 36.26, -0.62, -1.68%) announced a weekly U.S. rotary rig count of 585, -1 w/w and -39 yr/yr.
