Caterpillar Leads Dow Slide in Steepest Drop Since July Caterpillar Leads Dow Slide in Steepest Drop Since July · The Wall Street Journal · Kaiti Sullivan for WSJ Bob Tita Wed, October 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM EDT 1 min read CAT -5.74% ^DJI -0.66% DE -3.82% CNH -6.14% Explore stocks on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.
Caterpillar’s shares are leading the Dow Jones index’s retreat with a nearly 6% decline, putting the construction- and mining-equipment maker on course for its biggest drop since the end of July.
