After dropping more than 2% last week, 3M Company has regained its position as the worst performing stock among the 30 equities that make up the Dow Jones industrial average.
Caterpillar reported August retail sales Friday morning. The company continues its year-long streak of improving on 2017 machine sales.
Paul Ausick Boeing, Caterpillar, Procter & Gamble, and Walgreens Boots Alliance lifted the Dow on Wednesday.
Procter & Gamble wrestled away from Caterpillar the cellar-dwelling position among the 30 stocks that comprise the Dow Jones industrials last week.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Friday include Apple, Caterpillar, Costco, GW Pharmaceuticals, NXP Semiconductors, Southwest Airlines, Teva Pharmaceutical, Ulta Beauty and Wells Fargo.
Trading in the Dow 30 stocks was essentially flat Wednesday with Visa and Microsoft the leading losers while Caterpillar and Johnson & Johnson gained the most.
Caterpillar ousted 3M last week to become the Dow index's worst-performing stock for the year to date. There was no particular event or news story that drove the change, but there are…
Caterpillar, Nike, DowDuPont, and Walgreens Boots Alliance led the Dow lower Thursday.
Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Caterpillar, and DowDuPont drove the Dow higher on Monday.
Industrial conglomerate 3M has held on to its position as the worst-performing Dow stock for the year to date. This is the company's third consecutive week at the bottom of the rankings.
Caterpillar, Exxon Mobil, Goldman Sachs, and McDonald's led the sinking Dow Thursday.
The worst-performing stock among the Dow 30 last week was 3M. The company's stock has been consigned to the cellar for two consecutive weeks now.
Caterpillar, Apple, Pfizer, and Cisco were Friday's top-gaining Dow stocks.
Walmart, Cisco, Boeing, and Caterpillar provided the biggest boosts to the Dow index Thursday.
Chevron, Exxon, Boeing, and Caterpillar combined to sink the Dow Wednesday.
