Bears are getting an early start Friday, as 26 of the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are trading in the premarket, and they are all down. The biggest loser is Intel Corp.’s stock , which shed 5.9% after reporting disappointing fourth-quarter results late Thursday. The most active is Apple Inc.’s stock , which is down 2% on volume of about 105,000 shares. Among other more-active components, shares of Walt Disney Co. slid 2.7%, of Exxon Mobil Corp. fell 2.7%, of Microsoft Corp. dropped 2.3% and of General Electric Co. gave up 1.6%. Dow futures were last down around 268 points.
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