The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday was being weighed by slumping shares of McDonald’s Corp., for a second straight session. The fast-food chain’s shares were, down 1.4%, or $2.35, cutting about 15 points from the price-weighted Dow . Shares of McDonald’s fell 1.8%, or $3.10, on Thursday, serving as the biggest drag on the Dow, which closed off more than 100 points on the day. Shares o Johnson & Johnson and Boeing Co. also were contributed to the price-weighted blue-chip index’s decline. A $1 swing in any one of the Dow’s components equates to a move of 6.89 points. The Dow was off 46 points, or 0.2%, at 23, 419, the S&P 500 index gave up 6 points, or 0.2%, at 2,578, while the Nasdaq Composite Index retreated 7 points, or 0.1%, at 6,742, in early trade.
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