DJIA Market Happenings For Monday, February 22, 2016

There are no Dow stocks at 52 week highs.There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +182 points.

Friday the Dow was down -21.44 (-0.13%) at 16,391.99.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -5.93%.

There were 12 Dow stocks up Friday.

The Dow stock winners Friday were led by Home Depot (HD) +1.43% and Nike (NKE) +1.21%.

The Dow stock losers Friday were led by Intel (INTC) -2.41% and Boeing (BA) -2.05%.

Pfizer (PFE -0.20%) won FDA approval for treatment of breast cancer with its Ibrance in combination with fulvestrant in women with disease progression following endocrine therapy.

Healthcare insurers rallied in after-hours trading Friday with UnitedHealth Group (UNH +0.20%) up +1% after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed that U.S. payments to private insurers that provide Medicare coverage will go up by about 1.35% next year.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up two-tenths of a cent at $1.711 per gallon. Still at $1.86 per gallon at the local Gig Harbor Costco.

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.

General Electric (GE) reported 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 of $1.66, beating estimates for $1.62 per share.

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 1/26/2016 before the market open of $3.28, beating estimates for $3.235 per share.

Dupont (DD) reported earnings on 1/26/2016 before the market open of $0.27, beating estimates for $0.259 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 1/26/2016 before the market open of $1.04, beating estimates for $0.98 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 1/26/2016 after the market close of $1.44, beating estimates for $1.418 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 1/27/2016 before the market open.of $1.60, beating estimates for $1.35 per share

United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 1/27/2016 before the market open of$1.53, beating estimates for $1.505 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 1/28/2015 after the market close of $0.78, beating estimates for $0.693.

Visa (V) reported earnings on 1/28/2015 after the market close of $0.69, beating estimates for $0.675.

Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 1/28/2016 before the market open of $0.74, beating estimates for $0.694 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 1/29/2016 before the market open of -$0.31, missing estimates calling for $0.478 per share.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported earnings on 2/2/2016 before the market open of $0.67, beating estimates for $0.637.

Pfizer (PFE) reported earnings on 2/2/2016 before the market open of $0.53, beating estimates calling for $0.516.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 2/3/2016 before the market open of $0.93, beating estimates for $0.913.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 2/9/2016 before the market open of $0.38, beating estimates for $0.37 per share.

Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 2/9/2016 after the market close of $1.63, beating estimates calling for $1.444 per share.

Cisco (CSCO) reported earnings on 2/10/2016 after the market close of $0.57, beating estimates for $0.496 per share.

Wal-Mart (WMT) reported earnings on 2/18/2016 before the market open of $1.49, beating estimates calling for $1.459 per share.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 2/23/2016 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

United Technologies (UTX)

United Technologies (UTX) is down -8.16% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Jan Chicago Fed national activity index expected +0.12 to -0.10, Dec +0.14 to -0.22.

0945 ET Prelim-Feb Markit manufacturing PMI expected +0.1 to 52.5, Jan +1.2 to 52.4.

1100 ET USDA weekly grain export inspections.

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