Dow up nearly 200 points on gains in Walgreens Boots, Salesforce shares

Shares of Walgreens Boots and Salesforce are posting strong returns Thursday morning, lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average into positive territory. Shares of Walgreens Boots
WBA,
-0.30%
and Salesforce
CRM,
-0.22%
are contributing to the index’s intraday rally, as the Dow
DJIA,
+0.22%
was most recently trading 192 points (0.5%) higher. Walgreens Boots’s shares have climbed $0.59 (2.3%) while those of Salesforce are up $5.37 (2.1%), combining for an approximately 39-point boost for the Dow. Also contributing significantly to the gain are Intel
INTC,
-0.66%,
American Express
AXP,
+0.36%,
and Amgen
AMGN,
+0.59%.
A $1 move in any of the benchmark’s 30 components results in a 6.59-point swing.