The Home Depot, Inc. (HD), Alcoa Inc (AA), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Last Week’s Worst Performing Dow Components

Lastly, shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) lost 3.88% this past week as more negative news of the health of the PC business hurt the stock price. On Thursday the IDC reported that emerging markets — an area that had seen strong PC sales and was helping offset declining sales in Europe and the U.S. — is now also experiencing a weakening demand for PCs. The report indicated that China and India are seeing increased demand for tablet computers, which is eating into sales of traditional laptops and tower PCs. Another report earlier in the week indicated that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) had cut its expectations for the Xbox One from 7 million units shipped in 2013 to only 6.2 million. That could be a result of the price difference between the Xbox One and the newest Sony PlayStation console, with both devices set to be released for the holiday shopping season.

The other Dow losers this week:

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– 3M, down 0.71%
– American Express, down 2.36%
– AT&T, down 1.34%
– Bank of America, down 3.08%
– Boeing, down 1.47%
– Caterpillar, down 1.6%
– Cisco, down 2.3%
– Du Pont, down 2.21%
– ExxonMobil, down 0.41%
– General Electric, down 2.69%
– Hewlett-Packard, down 0.26%
– Intel, down 2.05%
– IBM, down 1.69%
– Johnson & Johnson, down 2.26%
– McDonald’s, down 0.8%
– Merck, down 0.92%
– Pfizer, down 0.45%
– Procter & Gamble, down 2.65%
– Coca-Cola, down 0.88%
– Travelers, down 0.36%
– United Technologies, down 2.62%
– UnitedHealth Group, down 1.1%
– Verizon, down 0.48%
– Wal-Mart, down 0.62%
– Walt Disney, down 1.45%

The article Last Week’s Worst Performing Dow Components originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Matt Thalman.

Fool contributor Matt Thalman owns shares of Bank of America, Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase, Walt Disney, and Johnson & Johnson. Check back Monday through Friday as Matt explains what caused the Dow’s winners and losers of the day, and every Saturday for a weekly recap. Follow Matt on Twitter: @mthalman5513. The Motley Fool recommends 3M, American Express, Bank of America, Chevron, Cisco Systems, Coca-Cola, Home Depot, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, McDonald’s, Procter & Gamble, UnitedHealth Group, and Walt Disney and owns shares of Bank of America, General Electric, Intel, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan Chase, McDonald’s, Microsoft, and Walt Disney. 

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