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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (-0.18%) remains the lone laggard on Wednesday afternoon, having moved mostly sideways in the last half hour.A look inside the DJIA shows that Procter & Gamble (PG 144.24, -3.39, -2.30%), Merck (MRK 93.33, -1.31, -1.38%), and Honeywell (HON 187.43, -2.53, -1.33%) are underperforming.Conversely, American Express (AXP 158.51, +2.88, +1.85%) is today's top gain-getter.The DJIA now holds losses of about -3.35% month-to-date.Elsewhere, at the top of the hour, the Treasury's $48 bln 5-year note auction drew a high yield of 2.736% on a bid-to-cover of 2.44.