Dow's nearly 100-point drop led by losses for shares of Amgen, Procter & Gamble

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading down Tuesday morning with shares of Amgen and Procter & Gamble facing the biggest drops for the blue-chip average. Shares of Amgen
AMGN,
-0.92%

and Procter & Gamble
PG,
-1.09%

have contributed to the blue-chip gauge’s intraday decline, as the Dow
DJIA,
-0.15%

was most recently trading 92 points lower (-0.3%). Amgen’s shares are off $3.53 (1.4%) while those of Procter & Gamble are down $1.70 (1.1%), combining for an approximately 34-point drag on the Dow. Other components contributing significantly to the decline include IBM
IBM,
-1.01%
,
UnitedHealth
UNH,
-0.19%
,
and Merck
MRK,
-0.21%
.
A $1 move in any one of the 30 components of the Dow results in a 6.59-point swing.