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The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -23 points.

Thursday, the Dow closed up +32.43 (+0.20%) at 16,550.97.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -0.15%.

No Dow stock news today.

Apple (AAPL) had some news on a possible purchase of Beats Electronics.

Twitter caught an upgrade. Yeah, who cares.

European stocks were lower and Asian markets closed mixed

The national average price of gasoline is down two-tenths of a cent at $3.663 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) reported earnings on 4/22/14 before the market open of $1.21/share, below estimates of $1.24/share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 4/22/14 before the market open of $2.95/share, well ahead of $2.16/share consensus.

United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 4/22/14 before the market open of $1.32/share beating estimates by $0.05/share.

AT&T (T) reportrf earnings on 4/22/14 after the market close of $0.71/share, beating estimates of $0.70/share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 4/23/14 before the market open of $1.76/share ahead of $1.54/share consensus.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 4/23/14 before the market open of $1.04/share, beating consensus of $1.02/share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 4/24/14 before the market open of $1.61/share, beating consensus of $1.25/share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 4/24/14 before the market open of $1.79/share, meeting consensus.

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) reported earnings on 4/24/14 after the market close of $0.84/share, below consensus of $0.87/share.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 4/29/14 before the market open of $0.88/share, beating consensus of $0.79/share.

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

Chevron (CVX) will report earnings on 5/2/14 before the market open of $2.10/share, beating consensus of $1.88/share.

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

Walt Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 5/6/14 after the market close of $1.11/share, beating consensus of $0.96/share.

Notable earnings reports from Thursday include:

Walt Disney Company (DIS) reported second quarter EPS of $1.11 on revenue of $11.65 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.79 on revenue of $10.55 billion.

DirecTV (DTV) reported first quarter EPS of $1.63 on revenue of $7.86 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $1.20 on revenue of $7.58 billion.

Emerson Electric Company (EMR) reported second quarter EPS of $0.80 on revenue of $5.81 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.77 on revenue of $5.96 billion.

Whole Foods Market, Inc (WFM) reported second quarter EPS of $0.38 on revenue of $3.30 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.38 on revenue of $3.03 billion.

Stocks reporting earnings today include:

21st Century Fox (FOXA) is expected to report third quarter EPS of $0.35 on revenue of $7.99 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.36 on revenue of $9.54 billion.

Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BUD) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $1.03 on revenue of $10.50 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $1.16 on revenue of $9.17 billion.

Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $1.12 on revenue of $6.44 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $1.02 on revenue of 5.90 billion.

Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU) is expected to report first quarter EPS of $2.26 on revenue of $11.72 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $2.28 on revenue of $11.83 billion.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Home Depot Inc. (HD)

Home Depot Inc. (HD) is down -6.42% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

1000 ET Mar wholesale inventories expected +0.5%, Feb +0.5%. Mar wholesale trade sales expected +1.1%, Feb +0.7%.

1200 ET May WASDE crop production report.

1200 ET Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher speaks about the limitations of U.S. monetary policy to the Louisiana Bankers Association.