Dow's 270-point drop led by losses for Walgreens Boots, Salesforce stocks

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Shares of Walgreens Boots and Salesforce are trading lower Thursday morning, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average into negative territory. Shares of Walgreens Boots
WBA,
-7.59%
and Salesforce
CRM,
-2.94%
are contributing to the blue-chip gauge’s intraday decline, as the Dow
DJIA,
-1.29%
was most recently trading 270 points, or 0.8%, lower. Walgreens Boots’s shares have dropped $2.56 (6.8%) while those of Salesforce have fallen $3.76 (2.7%), combining for an approximately 42-point drag on the Dow. Other components contributing significantly to the decline include UnitedHealth
UNH,
-2.57%,
Microsoft
MSFT,
-2.31%,
and American Express
AXP,
-2.22%.
A $1 move in any of the Dow’s 30 components equates to a 6.59-point swing.