1:30 pm:
The major U.S. indices continue to sport significant gains as stocks sit near their session highs.
A look inside the Dow Jones Industrial Average shows that Nike (NKE 56.35, +1.22), Chevron (CVX 101.61, +1.67), & Merck (MRK 63.51, +0.87) are outperforming amid broad market strength. Chevron is one of the Dow leaders as crude oil futures surge more than 4%.
Conversely, Wal-Mart (WMT 73.74, -0.21) is the worst-performing Dow component as shares pull back after hitting a new 52-week high earlier in today's session.
For the week, the DJIA is +0.43%, and now +6.9% for …More
Try Yahoo Finance on Firefox
