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The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +1 points.

Thursday the Dow was up +20.95 (+0.10%) at 21553.09.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +9.06%.

There were 15 Dow stocks up Thursday .

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Wal-Mart (WMT) +1.50% and Apple (AAPL) +1.39%.

The Dow stock loser Thursday was Dupont (DD) -1.23% and McDonald’s (MCD) -0.98%.

Boeing (BA -0.10%) was upgraded to ‘Overweight’ rom ‘Neutral’ at JPMorgan Chase with a price target of $240.

Wal-Mart (WMT +1.50%) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Neutral’ at Goldman Sachs with a price target of $84.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported second quarter earnings of $1.82 per share, beating estimates of $1.58 a share. Revenue also came in above forecasts.

European stocks are mostly lower and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is down one-tenth of a cent at $2.255 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 6/29/17 after the market close of $0.60, beating estimates calling for $0.512 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 7/14/17 before the market open of $1.82, beating estimates calling for $1.62 per shaare.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 7/18/17 before the market open.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 7/18/17 before the market open.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 7/18/17 before the market open.

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 7/18/17 after the market close.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 7/19/17 after the market close.

Travelers (TRV) reports earnings on 7/20/2017 before the market open.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 7/20/2017 after the market close.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 7/20/2017 after the market close.

General Electric (GE) reports earnings on 7/21/2017 before the market open.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 7/25/2017 before the market open.

Dupont (DD) reports earnings on 7/25/2017 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 7/25/2017 before the market open.

3M (MMM) reports earnings on 7/25/2017 before the market open.

United Technologies (UTX) reports earnings on 7/25/2017 before the market open.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 7/26/2017 before the market open.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 7/26/2017 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Dupont (DD)

Dupont (DD) is up +14.17% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Jun CPI expected +0.1% m/m and +1.7% y/y, May -0.1% m/m and +1.9% y/y. Jun CPI ex food & energy expected +0.2% m/m and +1.7% y/y, May +0.1% m/m and +1.7% y/y.

0830 ET Jun retail sales expected +0.1% and +0.2% ex autos, May -0.3% and -0.3% ex autos.

0915 ET Jun industrial production expected +0.3%, May unch. Jun manufacturing production expected +0.2%, May was -0.4%. Jun capacity utilization expected +0.2 to 76.8%, May -0.1 to 76.6%.

0930 ET Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan (voter) speaks at a conference on the Federal Reserve and monetary policy hosted by the Center for Economic Studies of the Private Sector in Mexico City.

1000 ET Preliminary-Jul University of Michigan U.S. consumer sentiment index expected -0.1 to 95.0, Jun -2.0 to 95.1.

1000 ET May business inventories expected +0.3%, Apr -0.2%.