Merck, Johnson & Johnson share losses lead Dow's 36-point fall

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is declining Monday afternoon with shares of Merck and Johnson & Johnson facing the biggest setback for the price-weighted average. The Dow
DJIA,
-0.34%

was most recently trading 36 points, or 0.1%, lower, as shares of Merck
MRK,
-3.88%

and Johnson & Johnson
JNJ,
-2.59%

have contributed to the index’s intraday decline. Merck’s shares have declined $4.15, or 3.6%, while those of Johnson & Johnson have fallen $4.48, or 2.5%, combining for an approximately 57-point drag on the Dow. Also contributing significantly to the decline are Boeing
BA,
-2.08%
,
Travelers
TRV,
-2.45%
,
and Amgen
AMGN,
-1.85%
.
A $1 move in any of the benchmark’s 30 components equates to a 6.59-point swing.