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Caterpillar, Walgreens Boots share losses lead Dow’s 200-point fall

Shares of Caterpillar and Walgreens Boots are seeing declines Wednesday morning, dragging the Dow Jones Industrial Average into negative territory. The Dow
DJIA,
-0.98%
was most recently trading 207 points, or 0.6%, lower, as shares of Caterpillar
CAT,
-4.93%
and Walgreens Boots
WBA,
-7.00%
have contributed to the index’s intraday decline. Caterpillar’s shares are off $12.86, or 4.7%, while those of Walgreens Boots have fallen $0.97 (4.3%), combining for an approximately 91-point drag on the Dow. Johnson & Johnson
JNJ,
-2.15%,
Home Depot
HD,
-1.93%,
and Salesforce
CRM,
-2.39%
are also contributing significantly to the decline. A $1 move in any one of the 30 components of the benchmark equates to a 6.59-point swing.

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