Stock Market Update
18-Jul-25 13:30 ET
Dow sinks Friday, led lower by 3M, AmEx, Merck
Dow -226.02
at 44258.47,
Nasdaq -2.01
at 20882.26,
S&P -7.27
at 6290.09
[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average (-0.51%) is in last place on Friday afternoon, down more than 225 points.
A look inside the DJIA shows that 3M (MMM 151.14, -7.90, -4.97%), American Express (AXP 307.14, -8.21, -2.60%), and Merck (MRK 80.15, -1.37, -1.68%) are firmly lower.
Meanwhile, Travelers (TRV 266.05, +4.24, +1.62%) continues recent momentum higher.
The DJIA is poised to end the week with -0.25% losses.
Elsewhere, at the top of the hour, Baker Hughes (BKR 39.30, +0.12, +0.31%) announced a weekly U.S. rotary rig count of 544, +7 w/w and -42 yr/yr.
