The Dow's Having a Decent Day, Actually—Even With Nvidia's Drop

There's plenty of red to be found on traders' screens today, with the S&P 500 recently off 1.7% and the more tech-focused Nasdaq Composite dropping about twice as much. The Dow, on the other hand, is holding up. The blue-chip index was up about 0.6% in afternoon action. That's despite a big pullback in shares of chip maker Nvidia (NVDA), which joined the index late last year. So what's sustaining the Dow? At recent count, 20 of its 30 components were in the green, with even the smallest gainer—Sherwin-Will ...