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The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +96 points.

Thursday the Dow was down -45.26 (-0.25%) at 18,098.94.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +3.87%.

There were 7 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Merck (MRK) +1.38% and Wal-Mart (WMT) +1.14%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Chevron (CVX) -1.33% and Goldman Sachs (GS) -1.11%.

JPMorgan Chase (JPM -0.57%) is up over 1% in premarket trading after it reported Q3 EPS of $1.58, higher than consensus of $1.39.

Verizon (VZ -0.02%) signaled it may demand to renegotiate its $4.8 billion deal for Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) -1.75% following the internet company’s recent disclosure of a data breach that affected more than 500 million accounts.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is down two-tenths of a cent at $2.251 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 9/27/2016 after the market close of $0.73, beating consensus of $0.556 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 10/17/2016 before the market open of $1.58, beating estimates calling for $1.401 per share..

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 10/17/2016 after the market close.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 10/18/2016 before the market open.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 10/18/2016 before the market open.

Intel (INTC) reports earnings on 10/18/2016 before the market open.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 10/18/2016 before the market open.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 10/19/2016 after the market close.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 10/20/2016 after the market close.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 10/20/2016 before the market open.

Travelers (TRV) reports earnings on 10/20/2016 before the market open.

General Electric (GE) reports earnings on 10/21/2016 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 10/21/2016 before the market open.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 10/24/2016 before the market open.

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 10/25/2016 after the market close.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open.

3M (MMM) reports earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open.

United Technologies (UTX) reports earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open.

Dupont (DD) reports earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 10/26/2016 before the market open.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 10/26/2016 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

3M (MMM)

3M (MMM) is up +12.67% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Sep retail sales expected +0.6% and +0.5% ex autos, Aug -0.3% and -0.1% ex autos.

0830 ET Sep PPI final demand expected +0.2% m/m and +0.6% y/y, Aug unch m/m and unch y/y. Sep PPI ex food & energy expected +0.1% m/m and +1.2% y/y, Aug +0.1% m/m and +1.0% y/y.

0830 ET USDA weekly Export Sales.

0830 ET Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren (voter) delivers opening remarks at the start of an annual economics conference hosted by the Boston Fed.

1000 ET Aug business inventories expected +0.1%, Jul unch.

1000 ET Preliminary U.S. Oct University of Michigan consumer sentiment expected +0.7 to 91.9, Sep +1.4 to 91.2.

1330 ET Fed Chair Janet Yellen is keynote speaker at the Boston Feds annual economic policy conference.

1400 ET Sep monthly budget statement expected +$30.0 billion, Aug -$107.1 billion