Dow Jones Round Up - Higher: CSCO, INTC, HD

Published on Monday, 16 August 2010 12:35 Written by Gerard Lerod

New York, August 16th (TradersHuddle.com) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average is higher trading at 10319, which represents 0.15% versus its previous trading session close. The blue chip index is having a mixed day with upside bias by having 18 Dow components trading higher.

Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) is the Dow's top performer this morning with the stock trading at $21.97 representing 2.86% versus the previous trading session. Shares of Cisco, the networking giant have defined support at $21.00 and resistance at $24.87.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) is also among the top performers early in the trading session, trading at $19.52 representing 1.93% from its previous close. Intel, the largest chipmaker in the world has calculated support and resistance levels at $19.08 and $21.98 respectively. The other top performer this morning is Home Depot (NYSE:HD), which is trading at $27.68 representing 1.35% from the previous trading session.

The Dow's worst performers include Travelers (NYSE:TRV) that is trading at $49.68 or -0.92% from the previous close. Shares of Travelers, the property and casualty insurer have defined support at $48.64 and resistance at $51.64. Also among the worst performers we have JNJ (NYSE:JNJ), which is trading at $57.72 representing -0.74% from the previous trading session.

Benchmark crude for September delivery is also trading higher at $75.1 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange higher by $-0.29 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 1081.15, which represents 0.18% from previous close, the Nasdaq on the other hand is trading at 2189.18 that represents 0.72% from previous session.