Dow Jones (DJIA) Today: Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) Leads The Day Higher, United Technologies (UTX) Lags
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The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) is trading down 193.0 points (-1.1%) at 17,802 as of Tuesday, Mar 10, 2015, 9:36 a.m. ET. During this time, 16.8 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 372.5 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 482 issues advancing vs. 2,300 declining with 195 unchanged.
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The Dow component leading the way higher looks to be
(NYSE:
), which is sporting a 16-cent gain (+0.2%) bringing the stock to $85.32. Volume for Exxon Mobil Corporation currently sits at 1.5 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 16.1 million shares.
Exxon Mobil Corporation has a market cap of $359.19 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and energy industry. Shares are down 7.9% year-to-date as of Monday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 3.2%.
Exxon Mobil Corporation explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas in the United States, Canada/South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia/Oceania.
TheStreet Ratings rates Exxon Mobil Corporation as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its reasonable valuation levels and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including weak operating cash flow, poor profit margins and disappointing return on equity.
- You can view the full Exxon Mobil Ratings Report.
Holding back the Dow today is
(NYSE:
), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a $1.80 decline (-1.5%) bringing the stock to $119.95. This single loss is lowering the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 13.62 points or roughly accounting for 7.1% of the Dow's overall loss. Volume for United Technologies currently sits at 227,348 shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of four million shares.
United Technologies has a market cap of $108.34 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector and aerospace/defense industry. Shares are up 5.9% year-to-date as of Monday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 2.1%.
United Technologies Corporation provides technology products and services to building systems and aerospace industries worldwide.
TheStreet Ratings rates United Technologies as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full United Ratings Report.
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