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

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +2 points.

Tuesday, the Dow closed down -130.01 (-0.74%) at 17371.64.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -2.53%.

There were 7 Dow stocks up Tuesday.

The Dow stock winners Tuesday included Merck (MRK) +3.93% again and Verizon (VZ) +1.01%..

Dow stock losers Tuesday were led by JPMorgan (JPM) -2.59% and International Business Machines (IBM) -2.16%.

UnitedHealth (UNH) was downgraded to ‘Neutral’ from ‘Buy’ at Goldman Sachs.

European stocks are mixed and Asian markets ended mixed.

The national average price of gasoline is down three-tenths of a cent at $2.191 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

JPMorgan (JPM) will report earnings on 1/14/2015 before the market open.

American Express (AXP) is expected to report earnings on 1/15/2015 after the market close.

Intel (INTC) will report earnings on 1/15/2015 after the market close.

Caterpillar (CAT) is expected to report earnings on 1/27/2015 before the market open.

Dupont (DD) will report earnings on 1/27/2015 before the market open.

General Electric (GE) will report earnings on 1/23/2015 before the market open.

Goldman Sachs (GS) will report earnings on 1/16/2015 before the market open.

International Business Machines (IBM) is expected to report earnings on 1/20/2015 after the market close.

Johnson & Johnson will report earnings on 1/20/2015 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) will report earnings on 1/23/2015 before the market open.

3M (MMM) will report earnings on 1/27/2015 before the market open.

Microsoft (MSFT) will report earnings on 1/26/2015 after the market close.

Pfizer (PFE) will report earnings on 1/27/2015 before the market open.

Procter & Gamble (PG) is expected to report earnings on 1/27/2015 before the market open.

AT&T (T) will report earnings on 1/27/2015 after the market close.

Travelers (TRV) will report earnings on 1/22/2015 before the market open.

UnitedHealth (UNH) will report earnings on 1/21/2015 before the market open.

United Technologies (UTX) is expected to report earnings on 1/21/2015 before the market open.

Verizon (VZ) will report earnings on 1/22/2015 before the market open.

Stocks reporting earnings today include:

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (GBX) is expected to report its Q1 earnings at $0.74 per share on revenue of $540.52 million.

Monsanto Company (MON) is estimated to report its Q1 earnings at $0.35 per share on revenue of $2.80 billion.

MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. (MSM) is projected to report its Q1 earnings at $0.98 per share on revenue of $732.87 million.

SUPERVALU Inc. (SVU) is projected to report its Q3 earnings at $0.14 per share on revenue of $4.09 billion.

UniFirst Corp. (UNF) is estimated to report its Q1 earnings at $1.67 per share on revenue of $364.57 million.

WD-40 Company (WDFC) is expected to post its Q1 earnings at $0.80 per share on revenue of $99.52 million.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Pfizer Inc. (PFE)

Pfizer Inc. (PFE) is up +0.87% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0700 ET Weekly MBA mortgage applications, previous +0.9% with purchase sub-index +1.3% and refi sub-index +1.1%.

0815 ET Dec ADP employment change expected +225,000, Nov +208,000.

0830 ET Nov trade balance expected -$42.0 billion, Oct -$43.4 billion.

1030 ET EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report.

1400 ET Minutes of the Dec 16-17 FOMC meeting.

1830 ET Chicago Fed President Charles Evans discusses the role and impact of monetary policy in an uncertain economy at an event in Chicago.