Dow Jones today (INDEXDJX:.DJI): blue chips slip below 52,000 on late slide
Caterpillar soared 6.34%, driving about 388 Dow points, masking weakness as Apple tumbled 6.12% and the Dow closed just 71.72 points higher—well below its 52-week high—highlighting a split market as AI-related industrials surged and megacap tech dragged major indexes lower.