Dow stocks at 52 week highs include McDonald’s (MCD) and Nike (NKE)Dow stock 52 week lows include Wal-Mart (WMT).

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open own -13 points.

Thursday, the Dow was up +217.00 (+2.17%) at 17,141.75.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -3.82%.

There were 27 Dow stocks up Thursday

Dow stock winners Thursday were led by JPMorgan (JPM) +3.17% and Pfizer (PFE) +3.15%.

Dow stock losers Thursday were led by UnitedHealth (UNH) -1.56% and Wal-Mart (WMT) -1.17%.

General Electric (GE +1.56%) fell over 1% in premarket trading after it reported Q3 EPS of 28 cents, better than consensus of 26 cents, but sales of $27.9 billion were below consensus of $28.6 billion.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is down 1.2 cents at $2.281 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) will reports earnings on 10/13/2015 before the market open.

JPMorgan (JPM) reports earnings on 10/13/2015 after the market close.

Intel (INTC) reports earnings on 10/13/2015 after the market close.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 10/15/2015 before the market open.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 10/15/2015 before the market open.

General Electric (GE) reports earnings on 10/16/2015 before the market open.

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 10/19/2015 after the market close.

Travelers (TRV) reports earnings on 10/20/2015 before the market open.

United Technologies (UTX) reports earnings on 10/20/2015 before the market open.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 10/20/2015 before the market open.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 10/21/2015 before the market open.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 10/21/2015 before the market open.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 10/21/2015 after the market close.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 10/22/2015 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 10/22/2015 before the market open.

3M (MMM) reports earnings on 10/22/2015 before the market open.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 10/22/2015 after the market close.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 10/23/2015 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Apple (AAPL)

Apple (AAPL) is up +1.34% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET USDA weekly Export Sales.

0915 ET Sep industrial production expected -0.3%, Aug -0.4%. Sep capacity utilization expected -0.3 to 77.3%, Aug -0.4 to 77.6%.

1000 ET Aug JOLTS job openings expected -173,000 to 5.580 million, Jul +430,000 to 5.753 million.

1000 ET Preliminary U.S. Oct University of Michigan consumer sentiment expected +1.8 to 89.0, Sep -4.7 to 87.2.