Dow flat in spite of losses in shares of IBM, Dow Inc.

By MarketWatch Automation

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is nearly flat Wednesday afternoon with shares of IBM and Dow Inc. seeing the biggest losses for the blue-chip average. Shares of IBM /zigman2/quotes/203856914/composite IBM +2.26% and Dow Inc. /zigman2/quotes/203121064/composite DOW +2.79% are contributing -8% of the blue-chip gauge's intraday losses, as the Dow /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.85% was most recently trading 3 points (0.0%) lower. IBM's shares are down $2.73 (2.1%) while those of Dow Inc. are off $1.25, or 2.0%, combining for an approximately 26-point drag on the Dow. Also contributing significantly to the decline are Nike /zigman2/quotes/203439053/composite NKE +0.99% , Cisco /zigman2/quotes/209509471/composite CSCO +3.79% , and Merck /zigman2/quotes/209956077/composite MRK +1.33% . A $1 move in any of the Dow's 30 components results in a 6.58-point swing.

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International Business Machines Corp.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 122.83

+2.72 +2.26%

Volume: 6.95M

March 5, 2021 4:00p

P/E Ratio

19.70

Dividend Yield

5.31%

Market Cap

$109.76 billion

Rev. per Employee

$196,163

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Dow Inc.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 62.91

+1.71 +2.79%

Volume: 3.88M

March 5, 2021 4:00p

P/E Ratio

38.57

Dividend Yield

4.45%

Market Cap

$46.80 billion

Rev. per Employee

$1.08M

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Dow Jones Industrial Average

US : Dow Jones Global

31,496.30

+572.16 +1.85%

Volume: 505.35M

March 5, 2021 5:44p

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Nike Inc. Cl B

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 133.35

+1.31 +0.99%

Volume: 5.96M

March 5, 2021 4:00p

P/E Ratio

76.01

Dividend Yield

0.82%

Market Cap

$210.22 billion

Rev. per Employee

$496,286

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Cisco Systems Inc.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 46.25

+1.69 +3.79%

Volume: 33.20M

March 5, 2021 4:00p

P/E Ratio

19.37

Dividend Yield

3.20%

Market Cap

$195.26 billion

Rev. per Employee

$636,155

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Merck & Co. Inc.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 73.13

+0.96 +1.33%

Volume: 11.68M

March 5, 2021 4:02p

P/E Ratio

26.32

Dividend Yield

3.56%

Market Cap

$185.04 billion

Rev. per Employee

$648,824