
Shares of UnitedHealth and Travelers are trading lower Thursday morning, dragging the Dow Jones Industrial Average into negative territory. Shares of UnitedHealth
UNH,
-4.89%
and Travelers
TRV,
-3.17%
are contributing to the index’s intraday decline, as the Dow
DJIA,
-0.21%
was most recently trading 259 points (0.8%) lower. UnitedHealth’s shares have dropped $18.49, or 3.7%, while those of Travelers have fallen $6.83 (3.7%), combining for a roughly 167-point drag on the Dow. Also contributing significantly to the decline are Honeywell
HON,
-1.94%,
Merck
MRK,
-3.11%,
and Amgen
AMGN,
-2.65%.
A $1 move in any of the Dow’s 30 components results in a 6.59-point swing.