What’s Ailing the Dow This Year? UnitedHealth, Chevron, J&J, Amgen.
The Dow industrials fell 39 points, or 0.1%, to 34,054, while the gained 1.5% to 4,179 and the was up 3.3%. Several influential stocks in the index are in the red this year, led by UnitedHealth Group (ticker: UNH), which is the worst percentage loser, with an 11.1% drop to $470.83. Other losers in the Dow include Amgen (AMGN), Merck (MRK), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Procter & Gamble (PG), and Chevron (CVX)—which all are down about 6%, Bloomberg data show.