All the stocks within the Dow Jones Industrial Average that are trading ahead of Friday’s open–28 of the 30 components–are dropping sharply, as the U.K. vote to exit the European Union has left global markets in disarray. Dow futures plunged 537 points, or 3%. Among the Dow stocks hit the hardest premarket, shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. tumbled 7%, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. dropped 6.4%, American Express Co. shed 4.4%, Caterpillar Inc. slid 4.2% and General Electric Co. gave up 4.1%. The best performer was Procter & Gamble Co.’s stock , which was down just 2.3%. Shares of DuPont Co. and Merck & Co. were the only stock still inactive.
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