Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Caterpillar (CAT). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +18 points.

Wednesday, the Dow closed down -12.72 (-0.08%) at 16,501.65.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -0.45%.

Caterpillar (CAT) shares surged nearly 4% in premarket action after reporting earnings of $1.61/share that topped forecasts of $1.247/share.

Apple (AAPL) jumped over 7% in after-hours trading after it reported Q2 EPS of $11.62, well above consensus of $10.18, and announced a 7-for-1 stock split. What do you think, maybe a future Dow stock here?

European stocks were higher and Asian stocks ended mixed.

The national average price of gasoline is up 1.2 cents to $3.685 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 4/11/2014 before the market open of $1.28/share below consensus of $1.41/share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 4/15/2014 before the market open of $0.44/share, meeting consensus.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 4/15/2014 before the market open of $1.54/share, beating consensus of $1.48/share.

Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 4/15/2014 after the market close $0.38/share beating consensus of $0.37/share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 4/16/2014 after the market close of $1.33/share beating consensus of $1.30/share.

International Business Machines (IBM) reported earnings on 4/16/2014 after the market close of $2.54/share, meeting consensus.

Dupont (DD) reported earnings on 4/17/2014 before the market open of $1.58/share, meeting consensus.

General Electric (GE) reported earnings on 4/17/2014 before the market open of $0.36/share, beating consensus of $0.32/share.

Goldman Sachs reported earnings on 4/17/2014 before the market open of $4.02/share, beating consensus of $3.44/share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 4/17/2014 before the market open of $1.10/share, narrowly beating consensus of $1.093/share.

McDonalds (MCD) will report earnings on 4/22/14 before the market open.

Travelers (TRV) will report earnings on 4/22/14 before the market open.

United Technologies (UTX) will report earnings on 4/22/14 before the market open.

AT&T (T) will report earnings on 4/22/14 after the market close.

Boeing (BA) will report earnings on 4/23/14 before the market open.

Procter & Gamble (PG) will report earnings on 4/23/14 before the market open.

Caterpillar (CAT) will report earnings on 4/24/14 before the market open.

3M (MMM) will report earnings on 4/24/14 before the market open.

Verizon VZ will report earnings on 4/24/14 before the market open.

Micrososft (MSFT) will report earnings on 4/24/14 after the market close.

Visa (V) will report earnings on 4/24/14 after the market close.

Merck (MRK) will report earnings on 4/29/14 before the market open.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) will report earnings on 5/1/14 before the market open.

Chevron (CVX) will report earnings on 5/2/14 before the market open.

Pfizer (PFE) will report earnings on 5/5/14 before the market open.

Walt Disney (DIS) will report earnings on 5/6/14 after the market close.

Notable earnings reports from Wednesday include:

Boeing Company (BA) reported first quarter EPS of $1.76 on revenue of $20.47 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $1.73 on revenue of $18.89 billion.

Procter & Gamble Company (PG) reported first quarter EPS of $1.04 on revenue of $20.56 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.99 on revenue of $20.60 billion.

Apple Inc. (AAPL) reported first quarter EPS of $11.62 on revenue of $45.65 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $10.09 on revenue of $43.60 billion.

Facebook, Inc. (FB) reported first quarter EPS of $0.34 on revenue of $2.50 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.12 on revenue of $1.46 billion.

Stocks reporting earnings today include:

Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $1.23 on revenue of $13.24 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $1.31 on revenue of $13.21 billion.

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $0.63 on revenue of $20.38 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.72 on revenue of $20.49 billion.

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $0.24 on revenue of $19.44 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.18 on revenue of $16.07 billion.

General Motors Company (GM) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $0.09 on revenue of $38.43 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.67 on revenue of $36.88 billion.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

American Express Co. (AXP)

American Express Co. (AXP) is down -3.97% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Weekly initial unemployment claims expected +11,000 to 315,000, previous +2,000 to 304,000. Weekly continuing claims expected +6,000 to 2.745 million, previous -11,000 to 2.739 million.

0830 ET Mar durable goods orders expected +2.0% and +0.6% ex transportation, Feb +2.2% and +0.1% ex transportation. March non-defense capital goods orders ex-aircraft expected +1.0%, Feb -1.4%.

0830 ET USDA weekly Export Sales.

1100 ET Treasury announces amount of 2-year floating-rate notes to be auctioned Apr 29 (previous $13 billion).

1300 ET Treasury auctions $29 billion 7-year T-notes.