Dow Movers: MRK, XOM
updated Monday, December 15, 12:59 PMIn early trading on Monday, shares of Exxon Mobil (XOM) topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.5%. Year to date, Exxon Mobil has lost about 13.1% of its value.
And the worst performing Dow component thus far on the day is Merck & Co. (MRK), trading down 0.3%. Merck & Co. is showing a gain of 14.9% looking at the year to date performance.
Two other components making moves today are Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), trading down 0.2%, and Chevron (CVX), trading up 1.4% on the day.
For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.