Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Pfizer (PFE) and Nike (NKE).There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.
The Market
Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -100 points.
Wednesday, the Dow was down -127.94 (-0.73%) at 17,440.59.
Year-to-date the Dow is down -0.40%.
There were 26 Dow stocks up Wednesday.
Dow stock winners Wednesday were led by Microsoft (MSFT) +2.10% and Merck (MRK) +1.77%.
Dow stock losers Wednesday were led by Dupont (DD) -0.79% and Caterpillar (CAT) -0.58%.
Procter & Gamble (PG +0.49%) reporte earnings of 1.00 vs 0.95 consensus,
European stocks are mostly higher and Asian markets ended mixed.
The national average price of gasoline is down 1.2 cents at $2.674 per gallon.
Earnings Reports.
Dupont (DD) reports earnings on 7/28/2015 before the market open.
Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 7/28/2015 before the market open.
Pfizer (PFE) reports earnings on 7/28/2015 before the open.
Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 7/30/2015 before the market open.
Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 7/31/2015 before the market open.
Exxon Mobil (XOM) reports earnings on 7/31/2015 before the market open.
Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 8/4/2015 after the market close.
Today’s Featured Dow Stock
Home Depot (HD) is up +10.56% year-to-date.
Financial Calendar
0830 ET Weekly initial unemployment claims expected +15,000 to 270,000, previous -26,000 to 255,000. Weekly continuing claims expected -2,000 to 2.205 million, previous -9,000 to 2.207 million.
0830 ET Q2 GDP expected +2.5% (q/q annualized), Q1 -0.2%. Q2 personal consumption expected +2.7%, Q1 +2.1%. Q2 GDP price index expected +1.5%, Q1 unch. Q2 core PCE deflator expected +1.6% q/q, Q1 +0.8% q/q.
0830 ET USDA weekly Export Sales.
1300 ET Treasury auctions $29 billion of 7-year T-notes.