DJ Dow's Nearly 150-Point Fall Led By Losses For Salesforce, Caterpillar Stocks

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Dragged down by negative returns for shares of Salesforce and Caterpillar, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down Tuesday morning.

Shares of Salesforce (Salesforce Inc.) and Caterpillar (Caterpillar Inc.) have contributed to the blue-chip gauge's intraday decline, as the Dow (Dow Jones Industrial Average) was most recently trading 141 points lower (-0.3%).

Salesforce's shares have declined $4.78, or 2.5%, while those of Caterpillar are off $17.45 (2.3%), combining for a roughly 137-point drag on the Dow.

Also contributing significantly to the decline are IBM (International Business Machines Corp.), NVIDIA Corp. (NVIDIA Corp.), and Microsoft (Microsoft Corp.).

A $1 move in any of the index's 30 components equates to a 6.16-point swing.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 17, 2026.

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February 17, 2026 09:58 ET (14:58 GMT)

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