[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average (+0.35%) is in first place this afternoon, up about 182 points.
A look inside the DJIA shows that Salesforce (CRM 164.40, +7.74, +4.94%), Microsoft (MSFT 387.90, +14.88, +3.99%), and IBM (IBM 290.70, +9.49, +3.37%) show solid gains.
Meanwhile, Caterpillar (CAT 1001.83, -63.07, -5.92%) is decently lower.
The DJIA is +1.21% higher week-to-date.