Dragged down by negative returns for shares of Microsoft and Salesforce.com Inc., the Dow Jones Industrial Average is falling Thursday afternoon. Shares of Microsoft
MSFT,
and Salesforce.com Inc.
CRM,
have contributed to the blue-chip gauge’s intraday decline, as the Dow
DJIA,
was most recently trading 61 points, or 0.2%, lower. Microsoft’s shares have declined $11.43, or 3.6%, while those of Salesforce.com Inc. are off $7.64, or 3.2%, combining for an approximately 126-point drag on the Dow. Apple Inc.
AAPL,
Intel
INTC,
and Nike
NKE,
are also contributing significantly to the decline. A $1 move in any of the index’s 30 components results in a 6.59-point swing.
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