Selling pressure was seen in US equities on Monday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.28 percent or 36.18 to 12,736.29. Among other indexes, Standard & Poor’s 500 fell 0.16 percent or 2.22 points to 1,352.46 while NASDAQ Composite slipped 0.19 percent or 5.56 to 2,931.77 for the day.
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DD) fell 2.92% to close at $47.47 in its last trading session. The traded volume stood at 8.80M shares as compared to its average traded volume of 4.67M shares per day. By the end of the session the stock’s price to earnings ratio stood at 12.72 times. Its dividend yield stands at 3.62 percent.
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) declined 1.74% to close at $83.14. The traded volume stood at 5.98M shares as compared to its average traded volume of 7.19M shares per day. The company’s total outstanding common stock accumulates up to 652.50M billion out of which 650.86M billion shares are floated in the stock market. Insiders hold 0.29% of the total outstanding common stock while 65.30% of outstanding shares are held by different institutions.
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) plunged 1.36% to close at $83.65 in yesterday’s session. The traded volume stood at 17.84M shares as compared to its average traded volume of 21.59M shares per day. The company’s total outstanding common stock accumulates up to 4.68B billion out of which 4.67B billion shares are floated in the stock market. Insiders hold 0.13% of the total outstanding common stock while 49.30% of outstanding shares are held by different institutions. By the end of the session the stock’s price to earnings ratio stood at 10.10 times. Its dividend yield stands at 2.73 percent.
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