Dow's Top Performers :CAT, KO, T

Published on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 12:35 Written by Christopher Lynn

New York, July 21st (TradersHuddle.com) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average is higher trading at 10232, which represents 0.02% versus its previous trading session close. The blue chip index is having a mixed day with downside bias by having only 11 Dow components trading higher.

Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) is the Dow's top performer this morning with the stock trading at $67.59 representing 1.75% versus the previous trading session. Shares of Caterpillar, the largest earth moving equipment maker in the world have defined support at $58.06 and resistance at $67.37.

Coca Cola (NYSE:KO) is also among the top performers early in the trading session, trading at $54.15 representing 1.71% from its previous close. Coca Cola, the owner of one of the most valuable brands in the world has calculated support and resistance levels at $49.47 and $53.08 respectively. The other top performer this morning is AT&T (NYSE:T), which is trading at $24.99 representing 0.81% from the previous trading session.

The Dow's worst performers include Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) that is trading at $22.67 or -1.65% from the previous close. Shares of Cisco, the networking giant have defined support at $20.93 and resistance at $23.96. Also among the worst performers we have Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), which is trading at $13.56 representing -1.53% from the previous trading session.

Benchmark crude for August delivery is also trading higher at $77.44 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange higher by $0 from the previous trading session.

The Dow is underperfoming the S&P 500 but is pretty much equal with the NASDAQ composite. The S&P 500 is currently trading at 1082.63, which represents -0.08% from previous close, the Nasdaq on the other hand is trading at 2216.6 that represents -0.27% from previous session.