Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Coca Cola (KO) and Verizon (VZ).There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +75 points.

Wednesday the Dow was up +36.26 (+0.21%) at 17,000.36.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -2.44%.

There were 15 Dow stocks up Wednesday.

The Dow stock winners Wednesday were led by Chevron (CVX) +4.60% and Microsoft (MSFT) +2.30%.

The Dow stock losers Wednesday were led by Nike (NKE) -2.47% and Goldman Sachs (GS) -1.11%.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended mostly lower.

The national average price of gasoline is up 2.2 cents at $1.844 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

There are no Dow stocks set to report earnings in the near term.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Coca Cola (KO)

Coca Cola (KO) is up +1.11% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Weekly initial unemployment claims expected -3,000 to 275,000, previous +6,000 to 278,000. Weekly continuing claims expected -7,000 to 2.250 million, previous +3,000 to 2.257 million.

0830 ET USDA weekly Export Sales.

1100 ET Treasury announces amount of 10-year TIPS to be auctioned Mar 17 (previous $15 billion).

1300 ET Treasury auctions $12 billion 30-year T-bonds.

1400 ET Feb monthly budget statement expected -$196.3 billion, Jan +$55.163 billion.