Dow stocks at 52 week highs include American Express (AXP), Boeing (BA), Caterpillar (CAT), Chevron (CVX), McDonald’s (MCD), 3M (MMM), Microsoft (MSFT), Visa (V) and Wal-Mart (WMT). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +21 points.

Friday the Dow was up +30.71 (+0.13%) at 22,871.72.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +15.73%.

There were 17 Dow stocks up Friday.

The Dow stock winners Friday were led by American Express (AXP) +1.36% and Intel (INTC) +1.22%.

The Dow stock losers Friday were led by Verizon (VZ) -1.01% and Merck (MRK) -0.69%.

Apple (AAPL +0.63%) was upgraded to ‘Overweight’ from ‘Sector Weight’ at KeyBanc Capital Markets with a price target of $187.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended mostly higher.

The national average price of gasoline is down two-tenths of a cent at $2.471 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.

General Electric (GE) reports earnings on 10/20/2017 before the market open.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 10/20/2017 before the market open.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 10/20/2017 before the market open.

3M (MMM) reports earnings on 10/24/2017 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 10/24/2017 before the market open.

United Technologies (UTX) reports earnings on 10/24/2017 before the market open.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 10/25/2017 before the market open.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 10/25/2017 before the market open.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 10/25/2017 before the market open.

Intel (INTC) reports earnings on 10/26/2017 after the market close.

Microsoft (MSFT)) reports earnings on 10/26/2017 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Home Depot (HD)

Home Depot (HD) is up +22.81% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Oct Empire manufacturing survey general business conditions expected -3.9 to 20.5, Sep -0.8 to 24.4.

1100 ET USDA weekly grain export inspections.

1600 ET USDA crop conditions and progress report.