The Dow Jones Industrial Average was climbing on Friday, looking to cap a sharply weekly gain, with shares of Boeing Co., and 3M Co., doing the heaviest lifting for the benchmark. Shares of Boeing were up 1.8%, or $4.52, adding about 30 points to the price-weighted Dow , while 3M Co. , was up 0.9%, or $1.84, adding about 12 points to the average, while shares of Apple Inc., up $1.72, or 1.1%, were adding about the same amount. A $1 move in any one of the Dow’s 30 components equates to a 6.89-point swing in the equity gauge. The Dow’s move puts it on track to carve out a fresh all-time high, most recently at 22,260, up 0.3%. That would mark its 39th record close of 2017 and its 6th straight positive session. Overall, the market was showing modest gains, but sufficient to put the other major benchmarks in record territory. The S&P 500 index was up 0.1% at 2,497, while the Nasdaq Composite Index , up 0.3% at 6,446.
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