Dow falls nearly 275 points on losses for Walgreens Boots, Salesforce shares

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down Thursday afternoon with shares of Walgreens Boots and Salesforce seeing the biggest drops for the blue-chip average. The Dow
DJIA,
-0.96%
was most recently trading 271 points, or 0.8%, lower, as shares of Walgreens Boots
WBA,
-6.91%
and Salesforce
CRM,
-2.40%
are contributing to the blue-chip gauge’s intraday decline. Walgreens Boots’s shares have fallen $2.72, or 7.2%, while those of Salesforce have dropped $4.16, or 3.0%, combining for a roughly 45-point drag on the Dow. Other components contributing significantly to the decline include Microsoft
MSFT,
-2.54%,
UnitedHealth
UNH,
-2.32%,
and Honeywell
HON,
-2.54%.
A $1 move in any one of the 30 components of the Dow results in a 6.59-point swing.