Among the largest underlying components of ACWI, in trading today International Business Machines Corp. ( NYSE: IBM) is down about 0.1%, Philip Morris International Inc ( NYSE: PM) is up about 0.8%, and Home Depot Inc ( NYSE: HD) is higher by about 0.1%.

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Online shopping on Thanksgiving, at least as of 4 pm ET, is up 16.4% year over year, according to stats still emerging from IBM Smarter Commerce.

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