There are no Dow stocks at 52 week highs. There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.
The Market
Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -16 points.
Wednesday, the Dow was down -77.94 (-0.44%) at 17,698.18.
Year-to-date the Dow is down -0.70%.
There were 8 Dow stocks up Wednesday.
Dow stock winners Wednesday were led by Goldman Sachs (GS) +2.27% and American Express (AXP) +1.04%.
The Dow stock losers Wednesday were Wal-Mart (WMT) -1.87% and 3M (MMM) -1.47%.
The Labor Department reported jobless claims dropped by 20,000 to 268,000 in the week ended March 28, the lowest since the period ended Jan. 24 and second-lowest in at least a yea. The median forecast of economists called for 286,000.
European stocks are mixed and Asian markets ended higher.
The national average price of gasoline is down six-tenths of a cent at $2.401 per gallon.
Earnings Reports.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 4/14/2015 before the market open.
JMorgan (JPM) reports earnings on 4/14/2015 before the market open.
Intel (INTC) reports earnings on 4/14/2015 after the market close.
Today’s Featured Dow Stock
Nike (NKE) is UP +3.54% year-to-date.
Financial Calendar
0730 ET Mar Challenger job cuts, Feb +20.9% y/y.
0830 ET Weekly initial unemployment claims expected +5,000 to 287,000, previous -9,000 to 282,000. Weekly continuing claims expected -11,000 to 2.405 million, previous -6,000 to 2.416 million.
0830 ET Feb trade balance expected -$41.2 billion, Jan -$41.8 billion.
0830 ET USDA weekly Export Sales.
0945 ET Mar New York ISM expected -1.1 to 62.0, Feb +18.6 to 63.1.
1000 ET Feb factory orders expected -0.4%, Jan -0.2%.
1100 ET Treasury announces amount of 3-year T-notes (previous $24 billion), 10-year T-notes (previous $21 billion), and 30-year T-bonds (previous $13 billion) to be auctioned Apr 7-9.