Dow Jones Round Up - Higher: UTX, BAC, AXP

Published on Thursday, 09 February 2012 12:35 Written by Christian Paolinetti

New York, February 9th (TradersHuddle.com) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average is higher trading at 12903.6, which represents 0.15% versus its previous trading session close. The blue chip index is having a mixed day with downside bias by having only 14 Dow components trading higher.

United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) is the Dow's top performer this morning with the stock trading at $83.06 representing 1.61% versus the previous trading session. Shares of United Technologies, the maker of Otis elevators and Carrier air conditioning systems have defined support at $71.60 and resistance at $81.50.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is also among the top performers early in the trading session, trading at $8.22 representing 1.05% from its previous close. Bank of America, the largest U.S. lender has calculated support and resistance levels at $7.02 and $7.50 respectively. The other top performer this morning is American Express (NYSE:AXP), which is trading at $52.09 representing 0.87% from the previous trading session.

The Dow's worst performers include Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HPQ) that is trading at $29.2 or -0.9% from the previous close. Shares of Hewlett Packard, the maker of printers and personal computers have defined support at $27.23 and resistance at $29.21. Also among the worst performers we have JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM), which is trading at $38.06 representing -0.62% from the previous trading session.

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

The Dow is leading the the S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite. The S&P 500 is currently trading at 0, which represents 0% from previous close, the Nasdaq on the other hand is trading at 0 that represents 0% from previous session.