DJIA Market Happenings For Friday, July 15, 2016

Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Cisco (CSCO), Chevron (CVX), General Electric (GE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), 3M (MMM), Pfizer (PFE), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +28 points.

Thursday the Dow was up +134.29 (+0.73%) at 18,506.41.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +5.44%.

There were 26 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Goldman Sachs (GS) +2.93% and Apple (AAPL) +1.98%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by UnitedHealth (UNH) -0.45% and Verizon (VZ) -0.29%.

Consumer prices increased 0.2 percent last month, matching the uptick in May. Prices are up 1 percent from a year ago, well below the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent inflation target.

European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up three-tenths of a cent at $2.220 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 6/28/16 after the market close of $0.49, beating estimates calling for $0.477 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 7/14/2016 before the market open of $1.55, beating estimates calling for $1.431 per share.

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 7/18/2016 after the market close.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 7/19/2016 before the market open.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 7/19/2016 before the market open.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 7/19/2016 before the market open.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 7/19/2016 after the market close.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 7/20/2016 after the close.

Intel (INTC) reports earnings on 7/20/2016 after the close.

Travelers (TRV) reports earnings on 7/21/2016 before the market open.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 7/21/2016 after the close.

General Electric (GE) reports earnings on 7/22/2016 before the market open.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 7/26/2016 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 7/26/2016 before the market open.

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 7/26/2016 after the market close.

United Technologies (UTX) reports earnings on 7/26/2016 before the market open.

Dupont (DD) reports earnings on 7/26/2016 after the market close.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 7/27/2016 before the market open.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earning on 7/27/2016 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Wal-Mart (WMT)

Wal-Mart (WMT) is up +20.23% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Jun retail sales expected +0.1% and +0.4% ex autos, May +0.5% and +0.4% ex autos. Jun retail sales ex auto & gas expected +0.3%, May +0.3%.

0830 ET Jun CPI expected +0.2% m/m and +1.1% y/y, May +0.2% m/m and +1.0% y/y. Jun CPI ex food & energy expected +0.2% m/m and +2.2% y/y, May +0.2% m/m and +2.2% y/y.

0830 ET Jul Empire manufacturing survey general business conditions expected -1.01 to 5.00, Jun +15.03 to 6.01.

0915 ET Jun industrial production expected +0.3%, May -0.4%. Jun manufacturing production expected +0.3%, May -0.4%. Jun capacity utilization expected +0.2 to 75.1%, May -0.4 to 74.9%.

1000 ET May business inventories expected +0.1%, Apr +0.1%.

1000 ET Preliminary-Jul University of Michigan U.S. consumer sentiment index expected -0.2 to 93.3, Jun -1.2 to 93.5.

1300 ET San Francisco Fed President John Williams (non-voter) speaks at the NBER Monetary Economics Summer Institute on Monetary Policy.

1315 ET Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari (non-voter) and St. Louis Fed President James Bullard (voter) participate in a facilitated discussion at an OMFIF meeting in St. Louis.

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