Shares of all 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average companies fell in premarket trade Tuesday, with Dow futures pointing toward the biggest point decline for the blue-chip barometer in over five months. The biggest weight on the Dow was UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s stock , which plunged $16.66, or 6.7%, amid concerns over increased competition after Amazon.com Inc. , Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. announced plans for a new company to improve their employees’ health care. That selloff would shave about 115 points off the Dow’s price. Pfizer Inc. shares fell 1.6%, erasing earlier gains of as much as 2.5% after the drug maker beat profit expectations; that would shave just about 4 points off the Dow. Dow futures were down 254 points. Among other decliners, shares of J.P. Morgan Chase shares fell 0.5%, McDonald’s Corp. lost 0.3% after reporting fourth-quarter results, Caterpillar Inc. dropped 1.4% and Apple Inc. shed 1.2%.
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