A quartet of crucial supplies led by UnitedHealth Group dragged out the Dow to begin the holiday-shortened week.
The Dow was down 65 factors, or 0.2%, soon after the marketplace opened up onTuesday The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were both up 0.1%.
UnitedHealth slashed off 71 factors from the Dow as a result of its supply cost north of $500. Unlike the S&P, the Dow is a stock-price heavy index, so companies with huge share costs have even more pull than companies with huge market caps however little share costs.
