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The major indices are still flirting with their intraday highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than 300 points today, up by 1.0%, but it's lagging the S&P 500 (+1.7%) and Nasdaq Composite (+2.5%).The Dow has seen broad-based gains with 27 of 30 components trading mostly in the green. The only laggards being Johnson & Johnson (JNJ 179.40, -0.06, -0.03%), Coca-Cola (KO 64.36, +0.05, +0.08%), and Merck (MRK 92.32, +0.03, +0.05%) which have been doing relatively well year-to-date. Note that Apple (AAPL 148.52, +4.49, +3.1%), which has not been performing well year-to-date is the leading performer in the Dow.