Dow Movers: CVX, MRK
updated Monday, January 12, 10:14 AMIn early trading on Monday, shares of Merck & Co. (MRK) topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 0.8%. Year to date, Merck & Co. registers a 11.0% gain.
And the worst performing Dow component thus far on the day is Chevron (CVX), trading down 2.1%. Chevron is lower by about 5.6% looking at the year to date performance.
Two other components making moves today are Exxon Mobil (XOM), trading down 2.1%, and Cisco Systems (CSCO), trading up 0.5% on the day.