Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Boeing (BA), Cisco (CSCO), 3M (MMM) and Merck (MRK). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.
The Market
Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to down -10 points.
Friday the Dow was up +11.44 (+0.05%) at 20,821.76.
Year-to-date the Dow is up +5.36%.
There were 20 Dow stocks up Friday.
The Dow stock winners Friday were led by Wal-Mart (WMT) +1.51% and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) +1.51%.
The Dow stock losers Friday were led by Goldman Sachs (GS) -1.53% and JPMorgan (JPM) -0.88%.
Merck (MRK +0.47%) said its V212 investigational inactivated varicella zoster virus for prevention of shingles met its primary endpoint in a Phase 3 shingles study.
European stocks are mostly higher and Asian markets ended lower.
The national average price of gasoline is unchanged at $2.286 per gallon.
Earnings Reports.
There are no Dow stocks set to report earnings in the near term.
Today’s Featured Dow Stock
Apple (AAPL) is up +17.99% year-to-date.
Financial Calendar
0830 ET Jan durable goods orders expected +1.7% and +0.5% ex transportation, Dec -0.5% and +0.5% ex transportation. Jan capital goods new orders non-defense ex aircraft & parts expected +0.5%, Dec +0.7%.
1000 ET Jan pending home sales expected +1.0% m/m, Dec +1.6% m/m and -2.0% y/y.
1030 ET Feb Dallas Fed manufacturing activity expected -2.7 to 19.4, Jan +4.4 to 22.1.
1100 ET USDA weekly grain export inspections.
1100 ET Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan (voter) speaks at the University of Oklahoma Price College of Business.