[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average (+0.50%) is up about 257 points, leading gains among the major averages.
A look inside the DJIA shows that IBM (IBM 214.65, +8.00, +3.87%), Salesforce (CRM 162.56, +5.63, +3.59%), and Apple (AAPL 332.49, +10.83, +3.37%) hold solid gains.
Meanwhile, American Express (AXP 322.73, -18.11, -5.31%) is underperforming.
The DJIA is on pace to end the week -0.34% lower.
Also, at the top of the hour, Baker Hughes (BKR 57.65, +1.56, +2.78%) announced a weekly U.S. rotary rig count of 587, -1 w/w and +45 yr/yr.