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.
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