Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Goldman Sachs (GS) and UnitedHealth (UNH).Dow stock 52 week lows include Coca Cola (KO).
The Market
Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +67 points.
Friday the Dow was up +39.78 (+0.21%) at 18,847.66.
Year-to-date the Dow is up +8.16%.
There were 20 Dow stocks up Friday.
The Dow stock winners Friday were led by Disney (DIS) +2.86% and Goldman Sachs (GS) +1.53%.
The Dow stock losers Friday were led by Pfizer (PFE) -2.69% and Dupont (DD) -2.45%.
Top three Dow stocks for 2016? That would be Caterpillar (CAT) +36.86%, UnitedHealth +24.46% and Merck (MRK) 21.07%.
The worst performing Dow stocks for 2016? That would be Nike (NKE) -18.77%, Disney (DIS) -7.04% and Coca Cola (KO) -4.49%.
European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended mostly higher.
The national average price of gasoline is down four-tenths of a cent at $2.167 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) reported earnings on 10/17/2016 after the market close of $3.29, beating estimates of $3.214 per share.
Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 10/18/2016 before the market open of $4.88, crushing estimates calling for $3.855 per share.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 10/18/2016 before the market open of $1.68, beating estimates for $1.646 per share.
Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 10/18/2016 before the market open of $0.80, beating estimates calling for $0.727 per share.
UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 10/18/2016 before the market open of $2.17, beating estimates of $2.077 per share.
American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 10/19/2016 after the market close of $1.24, beating estimates of $0.963 per share.
Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 10/20/2016 after the market close of $0.76, beating estimates of $0.678 per share.
Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 10/20/2016 before the market open of $1.01, beating estimates of $0.992 per share.
Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 10/20/2016 before the market open of $2.40, beating estimates of $2.374 per share.
General Electric (GE) reported earnings on 10/21/2016 before the market open of $0.32, Beating estimates of $0.305 per share.
McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 10/21/2016 before the market open of $1.50, beating estimates of $1.483 per share.
Visa (V) reported earnings on 10/24/2016 before the market open of $0.78, beating estimates calling for $0.729 per share.
Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 10/25/2016 after the market close of $1.67, barely beating estimates of $1.656 per share.
Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open of $1.03, beating estimates of $0.976 per share.
Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open of $1.07, beating estimates of $0.984 per share.
3M (MMM) reported earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open $2.15, barely beating estimates of $2.144 per share.
United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open of $1.76, beating estimates calling for $1.68 per share.
Dupont (DD) reported earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open of $0.34, beating estimates of $0.21 per share.
Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 10/25/2016 before the market open of $0.85, beating estimates calling for $0.748 per share.
Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 10/26/2016 before the market open $0.49, barely beating estimates calling for $0.482 per share.
Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 10/26/2016 before the market open of $3.51, smashing estimates calling for $2.62 per share.
Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 10/28/2016 before the market open of $0.68, beating estimates calling for $0.39 per share.
Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported earnings on 10/28/2016 before the market open of $0.63, beating estimates of $0.595 per share.
Pfizer (PFE) reported earnings on 11/1/2016 before the market open of $0.61, missing estimates calling for $0.62 per share.
Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 11/10/2016 after the market close of $1.10, missing estimates calling for $1.15 per share.
Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 11/15/2016 before the market open.
Cisco (CSCO) reports earnings on 11/16/2016 after the market close.
Wal-Mart (WMT) reports earnings on 11/17/2016 before the market open.
Today’s Featured Dow Stock
McDonalds’s (MCD) is down -3.32% year-to-date.
Financial Calendar
0900 ET Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer will speak via video link on U.S. monetary policy and the global economy to a conference of the Central Bank of Chile.
1000 ET Preliminary Nov University of Michigan U.S. consumer sentiment index expected +0.8 to 88.0, Oct -4.0 to 87.2.
n/a Veterans Day holiday, cash Treasury trading closed, exchanges open.