Dow stocks at 52 week highs include American Express (AXP). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +21 points.

Tuesday the Dow was down -31.85 (-0.16%) at 19,855.53.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +0.47%.

There were 8 Dow stocks up Tuesday.

The Dow stock winners Tuesday were led by Merck (MRK) +1.38% and Apple (AAPL) +0.92%.

The Dow stock losers Tuesday were led by Exxon Mobil (XOM) -1.65% and IBM (IBM) -1.11%.

JPMorgan Chase (JPM +0.29%) was rated a new ‘Buy’ at UBS with a price target of $98.

Merck (MRK -1.93%) rose 4% in after-hours trading after the U.S. FDA granted priority review for its supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Keytruda, plus chemotherapy, as primary treatment of patients with advanced lung cancer.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended mostly higher.

The national average price of gasoline is down four-tenths of a cent at $2.361 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 12/20/16 after the market close of $0.50, beating estimates calling for $0.431 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reports earnings on 1/13/2016 before the market open.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 1/17/2017 before the market open.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 1/18/2017 before the market open.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 1/19/2017 after the market close.

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 1/19/2017 after the market close.

General Electric (GE) reports earnings on 1/20/2017 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 1/23/2017 before the market open.

Dupont (DD) reports earnings on 1/24/2017 before the market open.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 1/24/2017 before the market open.

3M (MMM) reports earnings on 1/24/2017 before the market open.

Travelers (TRV) reports earnings on 1/24/2017 before the market open.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 1/24/2017 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Chevron (CVX)

Chevron (CVX) is down -2.33% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0700 ET Weekly MBA mortgage applications, previous +0.1% with purchase sub-index -1.4% and refi sub-index +1.7%.

1030 ET EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report.

1300 ET Treasury auctions $20 billion of 10-year T-notes.

1320 ET New York Fed President William Dudley (voter) speaks on banking culture from a regulatory perspective at a banking symposium in New York.
n/a President-elect Trump is scheduled to hold his first press conference.