Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Home Depot (HD). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +15 points.

Thursday, the Dow closed down -42.44 (-0.25%) at 17,079.57.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +3.03%.

Dow stock winners Thursday included Home Depot +0.70% and Dupont (DD) +0.33%.

Dow stock losers Thursday included Visa (V) -1.17% and Nike (NKE) -1.13%

There were 11 Dow stock winners Thursday.

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European stocks are mostly higher and Asian markets ended mixed.

The national average price of gasoline is up two-tenths of a cent at $3.436 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

There are no Dow stocks set to report earnings in the near term.

Notable earnings reports from Thursday include:

Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) reported second quarter EPS of $0.19 on revenue of $891.00 million, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.14 on revenue of $945.70 million.

Dollar General (DG) reported second quarter EPS of $0.83 on revenue of $4.72 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.77 on revenue of $4.39 billion.

Genesco (GCO) reported second quarter EPS of $0.34 on revenue of $615.00 million, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.56 on revenue of $574.75 million.

Stocks reporting earnings today include:

Big Lots (BIG) is expected to report second quarter EPS of $0.30 on revenue of $1.20 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.31 on revenue of $1.23 billion.

Noodles & Co (NDLS) is expected to report second quarter EPS of $0.10 on revenue of $104.60 million, compared to last year’s EPS of $0.11 on revenue of $88.94 million.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

The Coca-Cola Co. (KO)

The Coca-Cola Co. (KO) is up +0.77% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Jul personal spending expected +0.2%, Jun +0.4%. Jul personal income expected +0.3%, Jun +0.4%.

0830 ET Jul PCE deflator expected +0.1% m/m and +1.6% y/y, Jun +0.2% m/m and +1.6% y/y. Jul core PCE deflator expected +0.1% m/m and +1.5% y/y, Jun +0.1% m/m and +1.5% y/y.

0900 ET Aug Milwaukee ISM expected -0.87 to 60.00, Jul +3.30 to 63.87.

0945 ET Aug Chicago PMI expected +3.9 to 56.5, Jul -10.0 to 52.6.

0955 ET Final Aug University of Michigan consumer confidence expected +0.8 to 80.0, previous -2.6 to 79.2.