Dow stocks at new 52 week highs include Boeing (BA), General Electric (GE), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Exxon Mobil (XOM). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.
The Market
Monday the Dow closed up +14.32 (+0.09%) at 15,976.02.
Premarket, the Dow was indicated to open +16 points.
Year-to-date the Dow is up +21.92%.
Home Depot (HD) reported Q3 EPS of 95 cents, better than consensus of 90 cents.
European stocks are lower and Asian stocks ended mixed.
The national average price of gasoline is up one-tenth of a cent to $3.209 per gallon.
Earnings Reports.
Home Depot (HD) will report earnings Tuesday 11/19/13 before the market open.
Earnings reports from Monday include:
Brocade Communication (BRCD) reported fourth quarter EPS of $0.24 per share on revenue of $1.21 billion, compared to last year’s loss of $0.09 per share on revenue of $1.13 billion.
Salesforce.com Inc (CRM) reported third quarter EPS of $0.09 on revenue of $1.08 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.08 on revenue of $788.40 million.
Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN) reported fourth quarter EPS of $0.70 on revenue of $8.89 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.55 on revenue of $8.37 billion.
Other stocks expected to report earnings today include:
Home Depot, Inc (HD) is expected to report third quarter EPS of $0.89 on revenue of $19.17 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.88 on revenue of $18.13 billion.
Campbell Soup Company (CPB) is expected to report third quarter EPS of $0.87 on revenue of $2.29 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.88 on revenue of $2.34 billion.
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT) is expected to report second quarter EPS of $0.90 on revenue of $4.18 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.88 on revenue of $4.10 billion.
TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) is expected to report third quarter EPS of $0.74 on revenue of $6.91 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.62 on revenue of $6.41 billion.
Today’s Featured Dow Stock
UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) is up 32.15% year-to-date.
Financial Calendar
0830 ET Q3 employment cost index expected +0.5% q/q and +2.0% y/y, Q2 +0.5% q/q and +1.9% y/y.
1300 ET Chicago Fed President Charles Evans speaks to the Illinois Bankers Association Midwest Bank Leaders Conference.
1630 ET API weekly U.S. oil statistics.
1900 ET Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks to the National Economist Club.