Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Disney (DIS) up +13.78% year-to-date and Dupont (DD) up +8.74% year-to-date. There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +75 points.

Friday, the Dow was down -145.91 (-0.82%) at 17,749.21.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -0.41%.

There was 7 Dow stocks up Friday.

Dow stock winners Friday were led Intel (INTC) +0.88% and Microsoft (MSFT) +0.42%. These stocks were the biggest losers Thursday.

Dow stock losers Friday were led by International Business Machines (IBM) -2.34% and United Technologies (UTX) -2.06%.

DuPont (DD) was downgraded to ‘Underperform’ from ‘Buy’ at BofA/Merrill Lynch.

Walt Disney (DIS) rose nearly 1% in premarket trading after its “Cinderella” movie made $70.1 million in sales in its weekend debut, above estimates of $64 million, according to data from Rentrak Corp.

Boeing (BA) was awarded $713.9 million government contract modification for 26 remanufactured CH-47F helicopters, four new CH-47s, and the option of building two more CH-47 helicopters.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended mixed.

The national average price of gasoline is down five-tenths of a cent at $2.424 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) will report earnings on 3/19/2015 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Walt Disney Co. (DIS)

Disney (DIS) is up +13.01% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Mar Empire manufacturing index expected +0.22 to 8.00, Feb -2.17 to 7.78.

0915 ET Feb industrial production expected +0.2%, Jan +0.2%. Feb capacity utilization expected +0.1 to 79.5%, Jan unch at 79.4%.

1000 ET Mar NAHB housing market index expected +1 to 56, Feb -2 to 55.

1100 ET USDA weekly grain export inspections.

Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Disney (DIS) up +13.78% year-to-date and Dupont (DD) up +8.74% year-to-date. There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -39 points.

Friday, the Dow was down -145.91 (-0.82%) at 17,749.21.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -0.41%.

There was 7 Dow stocks up Friday.

Dow stock winners Friday were led Intel (INTC) +0.88% and Microsoft (MSFT) +0.42%. These stocks were the biggest losers Thursday.

Dow stock losers Friday were led by International Business Machines (IBM) -2.34% and United Technologies (UTX) -2.06%.

DuPont (DD) was downgraded to ‘Underperform’ from ‘Buy’ at BofA/Merrill Lynch.

Walt Disney (DIS) rose nearly 1% in premarket trading after its “Cinderella” movie made $70.1 million in sales in its weekend debut, above estimates of $64 million, according to data from Rentrak Corp.

Boeing (BA) was awarded $713.9 million government contract modification for 26 remanufactured CH-47F helicopters, four new CH-47s, and the option of building two more CH-47 helicopters.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended mixed.

The national average price of gasoline is down five-tenths of a cent at $2.424 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) will report earnings on 3/19/2015 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Walt Disney Co. (DIS)

Disney (DIS) is up +13.01% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Mar Empire manufacturing index expected +0.22 to 8.00, Feb -2.17 to 7.78.

0915 ET Feb industrial production expected +0.2%, Jan +0.2%. Feb capacity utilization expected +0.1 to 79.5%, Jan unch at 79.4%.

1000 ET Mar NAHB housing market index expected +1 to 56, Feb -2 to 55.

1100 ET USDA weekly grain export inspections.