Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Bank of America (BAC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Dupont (DD), JPMorgan (JPM), UniteedHealth (UNH), United Technologies (UTX) and Exxon Mobil (XOM). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.
The Market
Thursday the Dow closed up +78.02 (+0.50%) at 15,548.54.
This morning the Dow was indicated to open down -11 points.
Year-to-date the Dow is up +18.65%.
Microsoft (MSFT) shares are down 8.3 percent premarket as it missed earnings estimates.
General Electric (GE) shares are up premarket after the conglomerate reported earnings and sales roughly in line with estimates, and said it saw strong growth in U.S. orders.
European markets are lower and Asian markets ended lower.
The national average price of gasoline is up three-tenths of a cent to $3.672 per gallon.
Earnings Reports
General Electric (GE) reports earnings on 7/19/2013 before the market open.
McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 7/22/2013 before the market open.
Dupont (DD) reports earnings on 7/23/2013 before the market open.
AT&T (T) reports earnings on 7/23/2013 after the market close.
The Travelers Company (TRV) reports earnings on 7/23/2013 before the market open.
United Technologies (UTX) reports earnings on 7/23/2013 before the market open.
Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 7/24/2013 before the market open.
Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 7/24/2013 before the market open.
3M (MMM) reports earnings on 7/25/2013 before the market open.
Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 7/30/2013 before the market open.
Pfizer (PFE) reports earnings on 7/30/2013before the market open.
Earnings reports from Thursday include:
UnitedHealth (UNH) reported second quarter EPS of $1.40 vs. $1.25 expected on revenue of $30.4 billion vs. $30.5 billion expected.
Verizon (VZ) reported second quarter EPS of $0.73 vs. $0.72 expected on revenue of $29.79 billion vs. $29.82 billion expected.
Microsoft (MSFT) reported fourth quarter EPS of $0.66 vs. $0.75 expected on revenue of $19.9 billion vs. $20.79 billion expected.
Google (GOOG) reported second quarter EPS of $9.56 vs. $10.79 expected on revenue of $14.11 billion vs. $14.42 billion.
Johnson Controls (JCI) reported third quarter EPS of $0.83 vs. $0.75 expected on revenue of $10.8 billion vs. $10.99 billion. The company also announced an asset sale and hinted at further sales to come in the future.
Union Pacific (UNP) reported second quarter EPS of $2.37 vs. $2.35 on revenue of $5.47 billion vs. $5.5 billion expected.
Other stocks expected to report earnings today include:
General Electric (GE) is expected to report second quarter EPS of $0.35 vs. $0.38 a year ago on revenue of $35.56 billion vs. $36.11 billion a year ago.
Honeywell (HON) is expected to report second quarter EPS of $1.21 vs. $1.25 a year ago on revenue of $9.702 billion vs. $9.435 billion a year ago.
Lab Corp. (LH) is expected to report second quarter EPS of $1.80 vs. $1.63 a year ago on revenue of $1.44 billion vs. $1.423 billion a year ago.
Schlumberger (SLB) is expected to report second quarter EPS of $1.10 vs. $1.05 a year ago on revenue of $11.12 billion vs. $1045 billion a year ago.
Home Depot Inc. (HD) is up +29.38% year-to-date.
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