Dow down 350 points on losses in shares of Walgreens Boots, Microsoft

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Shares of Walgreens Boots and Microsoft are posting losses Thursday afternoon, propelling the Dow Jones Industrial Average selloff. The Dow
DJIA,
-1.02%

was most recently trading 357 points lower (-1.1%), as shares of Walgreens Boots
WBA,
-6.13%

and Microsoft
MSFT,
-2.96%

are contributing to the blue-chip gauge’s intraday decline. Walgreens Boots’s shares are down $2.43, or 6.5%, while those of Microsoft are off $6.35 (2.8%), combining for a roughly 58-point drag on the Dow. Other components contributing significantly to the decline include Salesforce
CRM,
-2.33%
,
Honeywell
HON,
-2.65%
,
and American Express
AXP,
-2.39%
.
A $1 move in any of the Dow’s 30 components results in a 6.59-point swing.