These were some of the biggest dividend stock performers on the upside and the downside in today’s market action.

Highlights
Masco Corp. (MAS) – up 6%
Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) – up 3%
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) – up 3%
Whirlpool (WHR) – up 3%
Computer Sciences (CSC) – up 3%

Lowlights
Hewlett Packard (HPQ) – down 12%
Hormel Foods (HRL) – down 4%
Staples (SPLS) – down 4%
Intel Corp (INTC) – down 4%
Western Digital (WDC) – down 3%

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