Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), UniteHealth (UNH) and United Technologies (UTX). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -16 points.

Thursday the Dow was down -12.74 (-0.06%) at 21,397.29.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +8.27%.

There were 13 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Merck (MRK) +0.86% and UnitedHealth (UNH) +0.85%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Goldman Sachs (GS) -1.22% and Wal-Mart (WMT) -0.94%.

Caterpillar (CAT +0.36%) slid over 1% in premarket trading after it was downgraded to ‘Hold’ from ‘Buy’ at Deutsche Bank.

European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended mostly higher.

The national average price of gasoline is down four-tenths of a cent at $2.276 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) reports earnings on 6/29/17 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

United Technologies (UTX)

United Technologies (UTX) is up +11.45% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0945 ET Jun Markit manufacturing PMI expected +0.3 to 53.0, May -0.1 to 52.7. Jun Markit services PMI expected -0.1 to 53.5, May +0.9 to 54.0.

1000 ET May new home sales expected +3.7% to 590,000, Apr -11.4% to 569,000.

1240 ET Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester (non-voter) speaks at a Cleveland Fed Policy Summit on Housing, Human Capital and Inequality.

1415 ET Fed Governor Jerome Powell speaks at the Chicago Fed at a symposium on central clearing and liquidity.

1500 ET USDA May Cattle on Feed.