[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average (flat) is down now less than a point.
A look inside the DJIA shows that Intel (INTC 31.29, +0.67, +2.19%), McDonald's (MCD 258.97, +5.17, +2.04%), and Coca-Cola (KO 62.74, +0.56, +0.90%) hold solid gains.
Meanwhile, IBM (IBM 171.61, -2.31, -1.33%) is underperforming.
The DJIA is on pace to end higher by +1.41% this week.
Elsewhere, at the top of the hour, Baker Hughes (BKR 32.81, -0.16, -0.49%) announced a weekly U.S. rotary rig count of 588, -2 w/w and -94 yr/yr.