Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Boeing (BA) and Wal-Mart (WMT). Dow stock 52 week lows include General Electric (GE).

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -9 points.

Wednesday the Dow was up +42.21 (+0.18%) at 22,872.89.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +15.74%.

There were 16 Dow stocks up Wednesday.

The Dow stock winners Wednesday were led by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) +2.05% and Wal-Mart (WMT) +1.90%.

The Dow stock losers Wednesday were led by General Electric (GE) -1.24% and Merck (MRK) -1.04%.

Disney (DIS -1.03%) was downgraded to ‘Neutral’ from ‘Buy’ at Guggenheim Securities.

JPMorgan Chase (JPM -0.30%) is down -0.6% in premarket trading after it reported Q3 FICC sales and trading revenue of $3.16 billion, below consensus of $3.18 billion.

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

The national average price of gasoline is unchanged at $2.478 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 9/26/17 after the market close of $0.57, beating estimates calling for $0.515 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 10/12/2017 before the market open of $1.76, beating estimates calling for $1.709 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 10/17/2017 before the market open.

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 10/17/2017 before the market open.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 10/17/2017 before the market open.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 10/17/2017 before the market open.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 10/18/2017 after the market close.

Travelers (TRV) reports earnings on 10/19/2017 before the market open.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 10/19/2017 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

General Electric (GE)

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Weekly initial unemployment claims expected -10,000 to 250,000, previous -12,000 to 260,000. Weekly continuing claims expected -8,000 to 1.930 million, previous +2,000 to 1.938 million.

0830 ET Sep PPI final demand expected +0.4% m/m and +2.6% y/y, Aug +0.2% m/m and +2.4% y/y. Sep PPI ex food & energy expected +0.2% m/m and +2.0% y/y, Aug +0.1% m/m and +2.0% y/y.

1015 ET Fed Governor Lael Brainard and ECB President Mario Draghi speak on a monetary policy panel at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington D.C.

1030 ET Fed Governor Jerome Powell delivers keynote address on Prospects for Emerging Market Economies in a Normalizing Global Economy at an Institute of International Finance conference on emerging markets.

1100 ET Treasury announces amount of 30-year TIPS to be auctioned Oct 19 (previous $5 billion).

1100 ET EIA weekly Petroleum Status Report.

1200 ET USDA Oct WASDE crop production report.

1300 ET Treasury auctions $12 billion of 30-year T-bonds.