Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan (JPM), McDonald’s (MCD) and UnitedHealth (UNH). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.
The Market
Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +105 points.
Tuesday the Dow was up +40.48 (+0.18%) at 22,997.44.
Year-to-date the Dow is up +16.37%.
There were 14 Dow stocks up Tuesday.
The Dow stock winners Tuesday were led by UnitedHealth (UNH) +5.53% and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) +3.43%.
The Dow stock losers Tuesday were led by Goldman Sachs (GS) -2.61% and General Electric (GE) -0.73%.
International Business Machines (IBM -0.20%) jumped nearly 5% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 operating EPS of $3.30, better than consensus of $3.28, and said it sees a $2.8 billion to $2.9 billion increase in Q4 sales from Q3.
European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended higher.
The national average price of gasoline is down four-tenths of a cent at $2.461 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) reported earnings on 10/17/2017 after the market close of $3.30, missing estimates calling for $3.325 per share.
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
Intel (INTC) is up +8.32% year-to-date.
Financial Calendar
0700 ET Weekly MBA mortgage applications, previous -2.1% with purchase sub-index -0.1% and refi sub-index -4.2%.
0800 ET New York Fed President William Dudley (voter) and Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan (voter) take part in a moderated discussion on economic development.
0830 ET Sep housing starts expected -0.4% to 1.175 million, Aug -0.8% to 1.18 million. Sep building permits expected -2.1% to 1.245 million, Aug +3.4% to 1.272 million.
1030 ET EIA weekly Petroleum Status Report.
1400 ET Fed Beige Book.