Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Dupont (DD), Home Depot (HD) Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Goldman Sachs (GS), Micrososft (MSFT), JPMorgan (JPM) and 3M (MMM). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -38 points.

Friday, the Dow closed up +13.75 (+0.08%) at 17,279.74.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +4.24%. Nasdaq is at +9.7%, S&P 500 +8.8% and Russell 2000 -1.4%.

Last week the Dow was up +1.7%, Nasdaq +0.3%, S&P 500 +1.3% and Russell 2000 -1.2%.

Dow stock winners Friday included Microsoft (MSFT) +1.80% and Verizon (VZ) +1.33%.

Dow stock losers Friday included Caterpillar (CAT) -1.75% and Intel (INTC) -1.00%.

There were 26 Dow stock winners Friday.

Nike (NKE) will report earnings on Wednesday, after the market close.

European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended lower.

The national average price of gasoline is down five-tenths of a cent at $3.338 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) will report earnings on 9/25/14 after the market close.

Notable earnings reports from Friday include:

There were no notable earnings released Friday.

Stocks reporting earnings today include:

AutoZone, Inc. (AZO) is expected to report fourth quarter EPS of $11.26 on revenue of $3.07 billion, compared to last year’s EPS of $10.42 on revenue of $3.10 billion.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

E I du Pont de Nemours and Co. (DD)

E I du Pont de Nemours and Co. (DD) is up +9.67% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Aug Chicago Fed national activity index expected -0.06 to 0.33, Jul 0.39.

1000 ET Aug existing home sales expected +1.0% to 5.20 million, Jul +2.4% to 5.15 million.

1005 ET New York Fed President William Dudley does an interview for Bloomberg News.

1100 ET USDA weekly grain export inspections.

1500 ET USDA Aug Cold Storage.

1600 ET USDA weekly crop progress.