Dow climbs nearly 250 points on gains for shares of Salesforce, Intel

Shares of Salesforce and Intel are posting strong returns Monday morning, lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average into positive territory. Shares of Salesforce
CRM,
+5.26%

and Intel
INTC,
+3.64%

have contributed to the blue-chip gauge’s intraday rally, as the Dow
DJIA,
+0.71%

is trading 242 points higher (0.7%). Salesforce’s shares are up $6.18, or 4.4%, while those of Intel have gained $0.86 (3.0%), combining for an approximately 46-point bump for the Dow. Also contributing significantly to the gain are Apple
AAPL,
+2.45%
,
Microsoft
MSFT,
+2.37%
,
and Goldman Sachs
GS,
+2.17%
.
A $1 move in any one of the 30 components of the benchmark equates to a 6.59-point swing.