Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Apple (AAPL), American Express (AXP), Boeing (BA), Cisco (CSCO), Goldman Sachs (GS), Home Depot (HD), JPMorgan (JPM), 3M (MMM), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Visa (V). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to down -21 points.

Tuesday the Dow was up +118.95 (+0.58%) at 20,743.00.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +4.96%.

There were 23 Dow stocks up Tuesday.

The Dow stock winners Tuesday were led by Wal-Mart (WMT) +3.00% and UnitedHealth (UNH) +1.87%.

The Dow stock losers Tuesday were led by Caterpillar (CAT) -0.76% and Dupont (DD) -0.40%.

Fully one third (10) of Dow stocks were at 52 week highs yesterday

European stocks are mostly higher and Asian markets ended mostly higher.

The national average price of gasoline is down four-tenths of a cent at $2.285 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) reported earnings on 1/13/2016 before the market open of $1.71, beating estimates calling for $1.422 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 1/17/2017 before the market open of $2.11, beating estimates of $2.073 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 1/18/2017 before the market open of $5.08, beating estimates of $4.761 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 1/19/2017 after the market close of $0.91, lower than estimates calling for $0.979 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 1/19/2017 after the market close of $5.01, beating estimates calling for $4.89 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 1/20/2017 before the market open of $1.13, beating estimates calling for $1.065 per share.

General Electric (GE) reported earnings on 1/20/2017 before the market open of $1.08, beating estimates of $1.06 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 1/23/2017 before the market open of $1.44, beating estimates calling for $1.407 per share.

Dupont (DD) reported earnings on 1/24/2017 before the market open of $0.51, beating estimates calling for $0.419 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 1/24/2017 before the market open of $1.58, beating estimates of $1.556 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 1/24/2017 before the market open of $1.88, barely beating estimates calling for $1.871 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 1/24/2017 before the market open of $3.20, smashing estimates calling for $2.893 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 1/24/2017 before the market open of $0.86, missing estimates calling for $0.892 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 1/25/2017 before the market open of $2.47, beating consensus of $2.336 per share.

United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 1/25/2017 before the market open of $1.56, meeting estimates calling for $1.557 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 1/26/2017 before the market open of $0.83, beating estimates calling for $0.654 per share.

Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 1/26/2017 after the market close of $0.79, beating estimates calling for $0.755 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 1/26/2017 after the market close of $0.83, beating estimates of $0.785 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 1/27/2017 after the market close of $0.22, missing estimates calling for $0.64 per share.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reports earnings on 1/31/2017 before the market open of $0.41, missing estimates calling for $0.724 per share.

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 1/31/2017 after the market close of$3.36, beating estimates calling for $3.219 per share.

Pfizer (PFE) reported earnings on 1/31/2017 after the market close of $0.47, missing estimates calling for $0.496 per share.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 2/2/2017 before the market open of $0.89, beating estimates calling for $0.88 per share.

Visa (V) reported earnings on 2/2/2017 after the market close of $0.86,beating estimates calling for $0.777 per share.

Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 2/7/2017 after the market close of $1.55, beating estimates calling for $1.478 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 2/9/2017 before the market open of$0.37, barely beating estimates calling for $0.362 per share.

Cisco (CSCO) reported earnings on 2/15/2017 after the market close of $0.57, beating estimates calling for $0.502 per share.

Home Depot (HD) reported earnings on 2/21/2017 before the market open of $1.44, beating estimates calling for $1.328 per share.

Wal-Mart (WMT) reported earnings on 2/21/2017 before the market open of $1.30, barely beating estimates calling for $1.292 per share.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Wal-Mart (WMT)

Wal-Mart (WMT) is up +3.37% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0700 ET Weekly MBA mortgage applications, previous -3.7% with purchase sub-index -4.5% and refi sub-index -2.9%.

1000 ET Jan existing home sales expected +0.9% to 5.54 million, Dec -2.8% to 5.49 million.

1130 ET Treasury auctions $13 billion 2-year floating-rate notes.

1300 ET Fed Governor Jerome Powell speaks on the economic outlook and monetary policy at a Forecasters Club of New York luncheon.

1300 ET Treasury auctions $34 billion of 5-year T-notes.

1400 ET Minutes of the Jan 31-Feb1 FOMC meeting.