Dow stocks at 52 week highs include American Express (AXP), Caterpillar (CAT), Chevron (CVX), JPMorgan (JPM) and McDonald’s (MCD). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +15 points.

Monday the Dow was up +85.24 (+0.37%) at 22,956.96.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +16.16%.

There were 19 Dow stocks up Monday .

The Dow stock winners Monday were led by JPMorgan (JPM) +2.07% and Apple (AAPL) +1.84%.

The Dow stock losers Monday were led by Wal-Mart (WMT) -1.02% and Pfizer (PFE) -0.99%.

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

The national average price of gasoline is down six-tenths of a cent at $2.465 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) reported earnings on 10/17/2017 before the market open of $5.02, beating estimates calling for $4.343 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 10/17/2017 before the market open of $1.90, beating estimates of $1.823 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 10/17/2017 before the market open of $2.66, beating estimates calling for $2.607 per share.

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 10/17/2017 after the market close.

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.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 10/27/2017 before the market open.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 10/27/2017 before the market open.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reports earnings on 10/27/2017 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

IBM (IBM)

IBM (IBM) is down -12.24% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Sep import price index expected +0.6% m/m and +2.6% y/y, Aug +0.6% m/m and +2.1% y/y. Sep import price index ex-petroleum expected +0.1% m/m, Aug +0.3% m/m.

0830 ET Sep export price index expected +0.3% m/m, Aug +0.6% m/m and +2.3% y/y.

0915 ET Sep industrial production expected +0.2%, Aug -0.9% m/m. Sep manufacturing production expected +0.1%, Aug -0.3% m/m. Sep capacity utilization expected +0.1 to 76.2%, Aug -0.8 to 76.1%.

1000 ET Oct NAHB housing market index expected unch at 64, Sep -3 to 64.