Dow's Top Performers :BAC, UTX, AXP

Published on Monday, 04 February 2013 12:35 Written by Christian Paolinetti

New York, February 4th (TradersHuddle.com) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average is lower trading at 13873.3, which represents -0.97% versus its previous trading session close, with only five of its components trading in negative territory.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is the Dow's top performer this morning with the stock trading at $11.66 representing 3% versus the previous trading session. Shares of Bank of America, the largest U.S. lender have defined support at $11.02 and resistance at $11.72.

United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) is also among the top performers early in the session, trading at $89.91 representing 2.67% from its previous close. United Technologies, the maker of Otis elevators and Carrier air conditioning systems has calculated support and resistance levels at $75.64 and $90.00 respectively. The other top performer this morning is American Express (NYSE:AXP), which is trading at $60.06 representing 2.13% from the previous trading session.

The Dow's worst performers include Merck (NYSE:MRK) that is trading at $41.95 or -3.01% from the previous close. Shares of Merck, the maker of Singulair and Zocor have defined support at $40.02 and resistance at $43.57. Also among the worst performers we have Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT), which is trading at $69.15 representing -1.9% from the previous session.

Benchmark crude for December delivery is also trading lower at $86.67 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange lower by $1.22 from the previous trading session.

The Dow is lagging 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.