[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average (+1.04%) is at HoDs, tied for second place with the S&P 500.
A look inside the DJIA shows that Intel (INTC 35.25, +1.75, +5.22%), IBM (IBM 183.42, +5.11, +2.87%), and Home Depot (HD 363.13, +9.34, +2.64%) are outperforming.
Meanwhile, Merck (MRK 128.14, -0.83, -0.64%) is today's top laggard.
The DJIA is on pace to add +2.00% this week.
Elsewhere, at the top of the hour, Baker Hughes (BKR 34.62, +0.11, +0.32%) announced a weekly U.S. rotary rig count of 584, -1 w/w and -91 yr/yr.