Dow flat despite losses for shares of Merck, Walt Disney

By MarketWatch Automation

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is falling Tuesday afternoon with shares of Merck and Walt Disney facing the biggest declines for the index. Shares of Merck /zigman2/quotes/209956077/composite MRK +0.62% and Walt Disney /zigman2/quotes/203410047/composite DIS -0.87% are contributing to the index's intraday decline, as the Dow /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA -0.39% was most recently trading 6 points (0.0%) lower. Merck's shares have fallen $2.09 (2.5%) while those of Walt Disney have fallen $3.58 (2.0%), combining for a roughly 37-point drag on the Dow. Visa /zigman2/quotes/203660239/composite V -0.43% , Nike /zigman2/quotes/203439053/composite NKE -2.01% , and Microsoft /zigman2/quotes/207732364/composite MSFT -2.70% are also contributing significantly to the decline. A $1 move in any one of the 30 components of the index results in a 6.58-point swing.

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Merck & Co. Inc.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 73.30

+0.45 +0.62%

Volume: 13.30M

March 3, 2021 4:02p

P/E Ratio

26.38

Dividend Yield

3.55%

Market Cap

$184.33 billion

Rev. per Employee

$648,824

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Walt Disney Co.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 192.26

-1.68 -0.87%

Volume: 8.75M

March 3, 2021 4:04p

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

0.00%

Market Cap

$352.05 billion

Rev. per Employee

$320,813

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Dow Jones Industrial Average

US : Dow Jones Global

31,270.09

-121.43 -0.39%

Volume: 411.61M

March 3, 2021 5:03p

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Visa Inc. Cl A

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 214.85

-0.92 -0.43%

Volume: 6.48M

March 3, 2021 4:00p

P/E Ratio

45.89

Dividend Yield

0.60%

Market Cap

$461.16 billion

Rev. per Employee

$1.07M

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Nike Inc. Cl B

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 134.26

-2.76 -2.01%

Volume: 4.89M

March 3, 2021 4:00p

P/E Ratio

76.53

Dividend Yield

0.82%

Market Cap

$216.01 billion

Rev. per Employee

$496,286

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Microsoft Corp.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 227.56

-6.31 -2.70%

Volume: 34.03M

March 3, 2021 4:00p

P/E Ratio

33.89

Dividend Yield

0.98%

Market Cap

$1763.90 billion

Rev. per Employee

$877,393