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The Market

Thursday the Dow closed up +13.37 (+0.09%) at 15,555.61.

This morning the Dow was indicated to open down -63 points.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +18.71%.

Not much Dow stock news this morning.

European markets are mixed and Asian markets ended lower.

The national average price of gasoline is down seven-tenths of a a cent to $3.648 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 7/30/2013 before the market open.

Pfizer (PFE) reports earnings on 7/30/2013before the market open.

Merck (MRK) will report earnings on 7/30/2013 before the market open.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) will report earnings on 8/1/2013 before the market open.

Proctor & Gamble (PG) will report earnings on 8/1/2013 before the market open.

Earnings reports from Thursday include:

3M (MMM) reported second quarter EPS of $1.71, in line, on revenue of $7.8 billion vs. $7.77 billion expected.

Amazon (AMZN) reported a second quarter loss of $0.02 per share vs. an expected profit of $0.06 per share on revenue of $15.7 billion vs. the expected $15.74 billion.

Biogen Idec (BIIB) reported second quarter EPS of $2.30 vs. $1.93 a year ago on revenue of $1.7 billion vs. $1.62 billion expected.

Bristol-Myers Squibb ( BMY) reported second quarter EPS of $0.44, in line, on revenue of $4.05 billion, also in line.

Dow Chemical (DOW) reported second quarter EPS of $0.64 vs. $0.63 expected on revenue of $14.6 billion vs. $14.48 billion expected.

General Motors (GM) reported second quarter EPS of $0.84 vs. $0.75 expected on revenue of $39.1 billion vs. $38.37 billion expected.

Starbucks (SBUX) reported second quarter EPS of $0.55 vs. $0.53 expected.

Boston Scientific (BSX) reported second quarter EPS of $0.18 vs. $0.09 expected on revenue of $1.81 billion vs. $1.78 billion expected.

Other stocks expected to report earnings today include:

Aon (AON) is expected to report second quarter EPS of $1.11 vs. $1.02 a year ago on revenue of $2.91 billion vs. $2.82 billion a year ago.

LyondellBasell (LYB) is expected to report second quarter EPS of $1.62 vs. $1.66 a year ago on revenue of $11.3 billion vs. $11.25 billion a year ago.

Lear Corp. (LEA) is expected to report second quarter EPS of $1.37 vs. $1.35 a year ago on revenue of $3.91 billion vs. $3.66 billion a year ago.

Total (TOT) is expected to report second quarter EPS of $1.57 vs. $1.62 a year ago on revenue of $58.48 billion vs. $63.00 billion a year ago.

Tyco (TYC) is expected to report third quarter EPS of $0.48 vs. $1.01 a year ago on revenue of $2.71 billion vs. $4.46 billion a year ago.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT).

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) is up +14.33% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0955 ET Final-July U.S. consumer confidence index (University of Michigan) expected +0.1 to 84.0, previous -0.2 to 83.9.