behind declines for shares of visa and procter  gamble the dow jones industrial average is declining tuesday afternoon shares of visa v and procter  gamble pg have contributed to the indexs intraday decline as the dow djia was most recently trading 114 points or 03 lower visas shares have dropped 420 19 while those of procter  gamble have dropped 226 16 combining for an approximately 43point drag on the dow also contributing significantly to the decline are merck mrk  3m mmm  and caterpillar cat  a 1 move in any of the indexs 30 components results in a 659point swing editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use