# Here are Wednesday’s biggest losers in the stock market as 97% of S&P 500 companies dropped

In the S&P 500, three cruise-line companies were among the 15 worst performers. They are listed below.

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-3.43%
 fell 943 points (or 3.4%) to close at 26,519.95. It is now down 7.1% for 2020. This was the largest one-day decline for the index since June 11.

• The S&P 500
SPX,
-3.52%
 was down 3.5%, but was still up 1.2% for 2020.

• The Nasdaq Composite Index
COMP,
-3.73%
 dropped 3.7%, but was still up 22.6% for 2020.

The Dow

All but one of the components of the Dow were down for the day, with Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
-4.95%
showing the greatest decline of 5.1% and Travelers Cos.
TRV,
+2.02%
 being the lone exception with a 2% gain:

Company	Ticker	Price change – Oct. 28	Price change – 2020	Decline from all-time intraday high	Date of all-time intraday high
Microsoft Corp.	MSFT, -4.95%	-5.1%	28.4%	-13.1%	09/02/2020
Visa Inc. Class A	V, -4.83%	-4.8%	-3.7%	-16.8%	09/02/2020
Salesforce.com Inc.	CRM, -4.74%	-4.7%	46.6%	-16.2%	09/02/2020
Apple Inc.	AAPL, -4.63%	-4.6%	51.5%	-19.4%	09/02/2020
Nike Inc. Class B	NKE, -4.61%	-4.6%	20.5%	-7.1%	10/21/2020
Boeing Co.	BA, -4.57%	-4.6%	-54.5%	-66.8%	03/01/2019
Caterpillar Inc.	CAT, -4.27%	-4.3%	2.4%	-12.7%	01/16/2018
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.	WBA, -3.91%	-3.9%	-41.3%	-64.5%	08/05/2015
UnitedHealth Group Inc.	UNH, -3.90%	-3.9%	4.8%	-8.2%	10/23/2020
Coca-Cola Co.	KO, -3.88%	-3.9%	-13.4%	-20.2%	02/21/2020
Walt Disney Co.	DIS, -3.92%	-3.9%	-18.1%	-22.8%	11/26/2019
Chevron Corp.	CVX, -3.78%	-3.8%	-44.5%	-50.5%	07/24/2014
McDonald’s Corp.	MCD, -3.71%	-3.7%	8.6%	-7.4%	10/16/2020
International Business Machines Corp.	IBM, -3.53%	-3.5%	-20.4%	-50.6%	03/15/2013
American Express Co.	AXP, -3.50%	-3.5%	-26.4%	-33.7%	01/24/2020
Honeywell International Inc.	HON, -3.35%	-3.4%	-8.9%	-12.4%	01/17/2020
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ, -3.34%	-3.3%	-5.1%	-11.9%	04/23/2020
Procter & Gamble Co.	PG, -3.30%	-3.3%	10.2%	-5.6%	10/16/2020
Amgen Inc.	AMGN, -3.16%	-3.2%	-10.2%	-18.3%	07/06/2020
Cisco Systems Inc.	CSCO, -3.14%	-3.1%	-25.5%	-56.5%	03/27/2000
Intel Corp.	INTC, -3.04%	-3.0%	-26.1%	-41.6%	08/28/2000
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.	GS, -3.02%	-3.0%	-17.5%	-31.1%	03/12/2018
Dow Inc.	DOW, -2.98%	-3.0%	-17.4%	-25.3%	04/04/2019
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	JPM, -2.80%	-2.8%	-30.7%	-31.6%	01/02/2020
Home Depot Inc.	HD, -2.57%	-2.6%	23.5%	-7.9%	08/27/2020
Merck & Co. Inc.	MRK, -2.32%	-2.3%	-16.2%	-17.8%	12/20/2019
Walmart Inc.	WMT, -1.98%	-2.0%	17.8%	-7.5%	09/02/2020
Verizon Communications Inc.	VZ, -1.86%	-1.9%	-8.3%	-9.6%	10/04/1999
3M Co.	MMM, -1.55%	-1.6%	-10.1%	-39.0%	01/26/2018
Travelers Cos. Inc.	TRV, +2.02%	2.0%	-11.3%	-21.7%	07/16/2019
Source: FactSet

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S&P 500

On Wednesday, 97% of S&P 500 component stocks ended lower. Here are the day’s 15 worst performers in the benchmark index:

Company	Ticker	Price change – Oct. 28	Price change – 2020	Decline from all-time intraday high	Date of all-time intraday high
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.	CHRW, -11.44%	-11.4%	13.3%	-17.0%	10/08/2020
Carnival Corp.	CCL, -10.61%	-10.6%	-75.8%	-83.1%	01/30/2018
Unum Group	UNM, -9.20%	-9.2%	-43.2%	-73.5%	01/21/1999
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.	NCLH, -9.07%	-9.1%	-74.3%	-76.6%	11/02/2015
United Parcel Service Inc. Class B	UPS, -8.81%	-8.8%	33.1%	-12.5%	10/21/2020
Akamai Technologies Inc.	AKAM, -8.72%	-8.7%	12.8%	-71.8%	01/03/2000
Halliburton Co.	HAL, -8.71%	-8.7%	-53.3%	-84.6%	07/24/2014
DexCom Inc.	DXCM, -8.27%	-8.3%	59.6%	-23.5%	08/07/2020
IPG Photonics Corp.	IPGP, -8.12%	-8.1%	27.9%	-29.8%	01/16/2018
Mastercard Inc. Class A	MA, -8.11%	-8.1%	-2.4%	-20.7%	08/28/2020
Royal Caribbean Group	RCL, -7.42%	-7.4%	-60.2%	-60.8%	01/29/2018
Diamondback Energy Inc.	FANG, -7.41%	-7.4%	-73.5%	-82.5%	10/03/2018
Raytheon Technologies Corp.	RTX, -7.41%	-7.4%	-40.7%	-44.0%	02/11/2020
Idex Corp.	IEX, -7.22%	-7.2%	0.3%	-11.2%	10/20/2020
HollyFrontier Corp.	HFC, -7.21%	-7.2%	-66.0%	-79.3%	06/04/2018
Source: FactSet

Nasdaq-100

All components of the Nasdq-100 Index
NDX,
-3.93%
 declined on Wednesday except for one: Automatic Data Processing Inc.
ADP,
+6.19%.
 

The day’s worst 10 performers among the Nasdaq-100 included several names that had shown high double-digit, or even triple-digit, gains for 2020:

Company	Ticker	Price change – Oct. 28	Price change – 2020	Decline from all-time intraday high	Date of all-time intraday high
DexCom Inc.	DXCM, -8.27%	-9.0%	59.6%	-23.5%	08/07/2020
Moderna Inc.	MRNA, -6.97%	-7.5%	236.1%	-31.0%	07/17/2020
Ross Stores Inc.	ROST, -6.74%	-7.2%	-26.7%	-31.3%	02/20/2020
Nvidia Corp.	NVDA, -5.74%	-6.1%	114.7%	-14.3%	09/02/2020
Ulta Beauty Inc.	ULTA, -5.60%	-5.9%	-20.4%	-45.4%	07/17/2019
Facebook Inc. Class A	FB, -5.51%	-5.8%	30.4%	-12.1%	08/26/2020
Alphabet Inc. Class A	GOOGL, -5.50%	-5.8%	12.8%	-12.5%	09/02/2020
Booking Holdings Inc.	BKNG, -5.45%	-5.8%	-21.8%	-28.0%	03/13/2018
Autodesk Inc.	ADSK, -5.18%	-5.5%	29.5%	-11.5%	10/19/2020
Microchip Technology Inc.	MCHP, -5.01%	-5.3%	-2.1%	-12.0%	10/09/2020
Source: FactSet

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