[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average trades about 235 points higher.
A look inside the DJIA shows IBM (IBM 256.38, +27.75, +12.1%) leading the 30 components by a wide margin. Boeing (BA 177.89, +4.23, +2.4%), NIKE (NKE 78.30, +1.72, +2.3%), and Visa (V 343.34, +7.49, +2.2%) are the next best performing DJIA components.
Microsoft (MSFT 415.35, -26.94, -6.1%) and Caterpillar (CAT 277.05, -16.18, -4.1%) are the worst performers of the seven components trading lower after reporting earnings.