Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Travelers (TRV).There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +32 points.

Thursday, the Dow was down -23.72 (-0.13%) at 17,755.80.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -0.38%.

There were 8 Dow stocks up Thursday

Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Apple (AAPL) +1.06% and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) +0.89%.

Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Intel (INTC) -1.96% and Pfizer (PFE) -1.92%.

European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended mostly lower.

The national average price of gasoline is down five-tenths of a cent at $2.183 per gallon. Gas was $2.12 per gallon at the local Gig Harbor Costco.

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) reported earnings on 10/19/2015 after the market close of $3.34, above consensus of $3.30.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 10/20/2015 before the market open of $2.93, higher than consensus of $2.26..

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.

Dupont (DD) reports earnings on 10/27/2015 before the market open.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 10/27/2015 before the market open.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 10/30/2015 before the market open.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reports earnings on 10/30/15 before the market open.

Pfizer (PFE) reports earnings on 10/27/2015 before the market open.

Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 11/5/2015 after the market close.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 11/2/2015 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Goldman Sachs (GS)

Goldman Sachs (GS) is down -2.03% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Q3 employment cost index expected +0.6%, Q2 +0.2%.

0830 ET Sep personal spending expected +0.2%, Aug +0.4%. Sep personal income expected +0.2%, Aug +0.3%.

0830 ET Sep PCE deflator expected -0.1% m/m and +0.2% y/y, Aug unch m/m and +0.3% y/y. Sep PCE core deflator expected +0.2% m/m and +1.4% y/y, Aug +0.1% m/m and +1.3% y/y.

0900 ET Oct Milwaukee ISM expected +4.56 to 44.00, Sep -8.23 to 39.44.

0945 ET Oct Chicago PMI expected +0.7 to 49.4, Sep -5.7 to 48.7.

1000 ET San Francisco Fed President John Williams speaks at an event at the Brookings Institute on the natural rate of interest and the economys trend growth rate.

1000 ET Final-Oct U.S. consumer sentiment index (University of Michigan) expected +0.4 to 92.5, prelim-Oct +4.9 to 92.1.