Dow Movers: CVX, MRK
updated Friday, May 1, 10:30 AMIn early trading on Friday, shares of Merck & Co. (MRK) topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.2%. Year to date, Merck & Co. registers a 6.1% gain.
And the worst performing Dow component thus far on the day is Chevron Corporation (CVX), trading down 1.1%. Chevron Corporation is lower by about 2.1% looking at the year to date performance.
Two other components making moves today are Visa (V), trading down 0.2%, and Home Depot (HD), trading up 1.2% on the day.
For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.