[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average (+0.53%) is in second place on Wednesday afternoon, up about 225 points.
A look inside the DJIA shows that Caterpillar (CAT 335.00, +8.25, +2.52%), Amazon (AMZN 207.84, +4.04, +1.98%), and Microsoft (MSFT 395.64, +7.03, +1.81%) hold near the top of the standings.
Meanwhile, Chevron (CVX 149.09, -2.91, -1.91%) is today's top laggard.
The DJIA is now up about +0.48% on the year.