The Dow Market Happenings For Monday, January 25, 2016

There are no Dow stocks at 52 week highsDow stock 52 week lows include American Express (AXP).

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -71 points.

Friday the Dow was up +210.83 (+1.33%) at 16,093.51.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -7.64%.

There were 27 Dow stocks up Friday .

The Dow stock winners Friday were led by Apple (AAPL) +5.32% and Microsoft (MSFT) +3.59%.

The Dow stock losers Friday were led by American Express (AXP) -12.10% and General Electric (GE) -1.22%.

McDonald’s (MCD) just posted its best quarterly same-store sales gains in years. Sales at restaurants open at least a year jumped 5% globally, including a 5.7% increase in the US, for the quarter ending December 31. See earnings numbers in the earnings section below.

JPMorgan Chase (JPM +3.08%) was downgraded to ‘Neutral’ from ‘Buy’ at Nomura.

Goldman Sachs (GS +3.44%) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Neutral at Nomura.

Caterpillar (CAT +2.16%) was downgraded to ‘Sell’ from ‘Neutral’ at Goldman Sachs.

European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is down six-tenths of a cent at $1.826 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 1/14/2015 before the market open of $1.32, better than consensus of $1.261.

Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 1/14/2015 after the market close of $0.74, beating estimates of $0.63 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 1/19/2016 before the market open of $1.40, beating estimates of $1.37 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 1/19/2016 after the market close of $4.84, beating estimates of $4.755 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 1/20/2015 before the market open of $1.27, missing estimates calling for $3.79 per share.

American Express (AXP reported earnings on 1/21/2016 after the market of $1.23, beating consensus of $1.13 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 1/21/2016 before the market open of $2.90, beating estimates calling for $2.70 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 1/21/2016 before the market open of $0.89, beating estimates for $0.877 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 1/21/2016 after the market close of $1.23, beating estimates calling for $1.128 per share.

General Electric (GE) repored earnings on 1/22/2016 before the market open of $0.31, missing estimates for $0.495 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 1/25/2016 before the market open of $1.31, beating estimates calling for $1.228 per share.

3M (MMM) reports earnings on 1/26/2016 before the market open.

Dupont (DD) reports earnings on 1/26/2016 before the market open.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 1/26/2016 before the market open.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 1/26/2016 after the market close.

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 1/26/2016 before the market open.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 1/27/2016 before the market open.

United Technologies (UTX) reports earnings on 1/27/2016 before the market open.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 1/28/2015 after the market close.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 1/28/2015 after the market close.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 1/28/2016 before the market open.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 1/29/2016 before the market open.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reports earnings on 2/2/2016 before the market open.

Pfizer (PFE) reports earnings on 2/2/2016 before the market open.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 2/3/2016 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Coca Cola (KO)

Coca Cola (KO) is down -2.09% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0930 ET Jan Dallas Fed manufacturing activity expected +6.1 to -14.0, Dec -15.2 to -20.1.

1100 ET USDA weekly grain export inspections.

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