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 4:52 PM EDT 1 min read CAT -5.75% ^GSPC -0.22% ^DJI -0.66% DE -3.80% CNH -6.10% 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 led the Dow Jones Industrial Average's retreat today with a 5.8% decline, giving the construction- and mining-equipment maker its biggest drop since late July.
