Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Caterpillar (CAT), Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and United Health (UNH). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.
The Market
Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -38 points.
Thursday, the Dow closed up +92.02 (+0.54%) at 17,068.26.
Year-to-date the Dow is up +2.97%.
Dow stock winners Thursday included Caterpillar (CAT) +1.39% and United Health (UNH) +1.04%.
Dow stock losers Thursday included Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) -0.42%, Microsoft (MSFT) -0.24% and Coca Cola (KO) -0.14%.
Thursday there were 27 Dow stock winners.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at an all-time high of 17,068.26, a mere six months after the Dow crossed 16,000.
European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended mixed.
The national average price of gasoline is down three-tenths of a cent at $3.667 per gallon.
Earnings Reports.
Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 6/26/14 after the market close of $0.78/share, beating consensus for $0.76/share.
Goldman Sachs (GS) will report earnings on 7/15/14 before the market open.
Intel (INTC) will report earnings on 7/15/14 after the market close.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) will report earnings on 7/15/14 before the market open.
JPMorgan (JPM) will report earnings on 7/15/14 before the market open.
United Technologies (UTX) will report earnings on 7/17/14 before the market open.
IBM (IBM) will report earnings on 7/17/14 after the market close.
General Electric (GE) will report earnings on 7/18/14 before the market open.
Notable earnings reports from Thursday include:
There were no notable earnings reports Last Thursday.
Stocks reporting earnings today include:
Groupo Televisa S.A (TV) reported second quarter EPS of $0.33 on revenue of $1.49 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.25 on revenue of $1.45 billion.
Today’s Featured Dow Stock
McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) is up +4.07% year-to-date.
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