Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average (+0.5%) is up more than 200 points near its best level of the day. 

Walmart (WMT 87.24, +1.89, +2.2%) is the top performing Dow component after selecting Klarna Group plc instead of Affirm Holdings (AFRM 43.86, -6.21, -12.5%) to offer installment loan financing to customers of OnePay beginning later this year. 

NIKE (NKE 72.90, +1.25, +1.7%) is another top performer ahead of its earnings report Thursday afternoon.

Nine of the 30 DJIA components are lower with NVIDIA (NVDA 119.44, -2.20, -1.8%), Amazon.com (AMZN 195.47, -2.57, -1.2%), and Apple (AAPL 211.50, -1.99, -0.9%) showing the largest declines.