Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Home Depot (HD).Dow stock 52 week lows include Procter & Gamble (PG).

The Market

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

Monday, the Dow was up +67.78 (+0.39%) at 17,545.18.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -1.56%.

There were 23 Dow stocks up Monday.

Dow stock winners Monday were led by UnitedHealth (UNH) +2.31% and Disney (DIS) 1.76%.

The Dow stock losers Monday were led by Chevron (CVX) -1.99% and Cisco (CSCO) -0.71%.

Home Depot (HD -0.04%) reported Q2 EPS of $1.71, right on consensus.

Wal-Mart (WMT -0.65%) fell 2% in pre-market trading after it reported Q2 EPS of $1.08, below consensus of $1.12.

Disney (DIS +1.76%) was downgraded to ‘Market Perform’ from ‘Outperform’ at Wells Fargo.

European stocks are mixed and Asian markets ended lower.

The national average price of gasoline is up six-tenths of a cent at $2.664 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 8/18/2015 before the market open.

Wal-Mart (WMT) reports earnings on 8/18/2015 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Microsoft (MSFT)

Microsoft (MSFT) is up +1.87% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Jul housing starts expected +0.8% to 1.183 million, Jun +9.8% m/m to 1.174 million. Jul building permits expected -8.0% to 1.230 million, Jun +7.0% m/m to 1.337 million.