Dow falls nearly 100 points on losses for Walgreens Boots, Johnson & Johnson stocks

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is falling Wednesday morning with shares of Walgreens Boots and Johnson & Johnson delivering the stiffest headwinds for the blue-chip average. Shares of Walgreens Boots
WBA,
-0.52%
and Johnson & Johnson
JNJ,
-1.20%
have contributed to the index’s intraday decline, as the Dow
DJIA,
-0.20%
was most recently trading 94 points, or 0.3%, lower. Walgreens Boots’s shares are down $0.27, or 1.3%, while those of Johnson & Johnson have fallen $1.92, or 1.2%, combining for an approximately 14-point drag on the Dow. Merck
MRK,
-1.38%,
McDonald’s
MCD,
-1.52%,
and Apple
AAPL,
-0.89%
are also contributing significantly to the decline. A $1 move in any one of the 30 components of the benchmark results in a 6.59-point swing.