Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Apple (AAPL), Home Depot (HD), UnitedHealth (UNH) and Visa (V). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +26 points.

Thursday the Dow was down -15.55 (-0.07%) at 20,934.55.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +5.93%.

There were 11 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by IBM (IBM) +0.81% and American Express (AXP) +0.68%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Dupont (DD) -1.08% and Chevron (CVX) -0.94%.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended mostly lower.

The national average price of gasoline is up four-tenths of a cent at $2.290 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) reports earnings on 3/21/2017 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is up +11.50% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0915 ET Feb industrial production expected +0.2%, Jan -0.3% m/m. Feb manufacturing production expected +0.5%, Jan +0.2% m/m. Feb capacity utilization expected +0.2 to 75.5%, Jan -0.3 to 75.3%.

1000 ET Prelim-March University of Michigan U.S. consumer sentiment index expected +0.7 to 97.0, Feb -2.2 to 96.3.

1000 ET Feb leading indicators expected +0.5%, Jan +0.6%.

n/a President Trump and German Chancellor Merkel meet at the White House.

n/a G-20 2-day meeting begins of finance ministers and central banks in Baden-Baden, Germany.