Dow's Top Performers :BAC, HPQ, AA

Published on Wednesday, 08 February 2012 12:35 Written by Christian Paolinetti

New York, February 8th (TradersHuddle.com) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average is lower trading at 12847.3, which represents -0.24% versus its previous trading session close. The blue chip index is .

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is the Dow's top performer this morning with the stock trading at $8.05 representing 2.55% versus the previous trading session. Shares of Bank of America, the largest U.S. lender have defined support at $7.02 and resistance at $7.50.

Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HPQ) is also among the top performers early in the trading session, trading at $29.25 representing 1.02% from its previous close. Hewlett Packard, the maker of printers and personal computers has calculated support and resistance levels at $27.23 and $29.21 respectively. The other top performer this morning is Alcoa (NYSE:AA), which is trading at $10.75 representing 0.75% from the previous trading session.

The Dow's worst performers include Exxon (NYSE:XOM) that is trading at $85.25 or -1.26% from the previous close. Shares of Exxon, the biggest U.S. energy producer have defined support at $83.19 and resistance at $86.21. Also among the worst performers we have Home Depot (NYSE:HD), which is trading at $44.93 representing -1.17% from the previous trading session.

Benchmark crude for January delivery is also trading lower at $97.12 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange lower 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 1345.41, which represents -0.12% from previous close, the Nasdaq on the other hand is trading at 2901.59 that represents -0.09% from previous session.