Dow's Top Performers :AXP, KO, MCD

Published on Tuesday, 07 February 2012 12:35 Written by Gerard Lerod

New York, February 7th (TradersHuddle.com) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average is higher trading at 12879.2, which represents 0.26% versus its previous trading session close. The blue chip index is having a mixed day with downside bias by having only 13 Dow components trading higher.

American Express (NYSE:AXP) is the Dow's top performer this morning with the stock trading at $52.45 representing 1.24% versus the previous trading session. Shares of American Express, the credit card issuer and travel services company have defined support at $45.89 and resistance at $52.45.

Coca Cola (NYSE:KO) is also among the top performers early in the trading session, trading at $68.87 representing 1.23% 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 $66.57 and $70.71 respectively. The other top performer this morning is McDonald's (NYSE:MCD), which is trading at $100.24 representing 0.75% from the previous trading session.

The Dow's worst performers include Verizon (NYSE:VZ) that is trading at $37.72 or -1.1% from the previous close. Shares of Verizon, the owner of the largest wireless network with more subscribers in the U.S. have defined support at $37.07 and resistance at $40.48. Also among the worst performers we have Boeing (NYSE:BA), which is trading at $74.84 representing -0.82% from the previous trading session.

Benchmark crude for January delivery is also trading higher at $97.12 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange higher by $-0.1 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 1346.89, which represents 0.19% from previous close, the Nasdaq on the other hand is trading at 2908.37 that represents 0.22% from previous session.