The Dow Market Happenings For Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Boeing (BA),Caterpillar (CAT), Cisco (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan (JPM), 3M (MMM), Microsoft (MSFT), Pfizer (PFE), Travelers (TRV), UnitedHealth (UNH) and Wal-Mart (WMT). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +144 points.

Monday the Dow was down -54.67 (-0.23%) at 23,273.96.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +17.77%.

There were 13 Dow stocks up Monday.

The Dow stock winners Monday were led by Wal-Mart (WMT) +1.38% and Nike (NKE) +1.13%.

The Dow stock losers Monday were led by General Electric (GE) -6.34% and McDonald’s (MCD) -1.78%.

Forty percent of the 30 Dow stocks (12) were at 52 week highs Monday.

American Express (AXP +0.31%) was upgraded to ‘Neutral’ from ‘Underweight’ at Atlantic Equities LLP with a price target of $100.

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

The national average price of gasoline is up one-tenth of a cent at $2.456 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) reported earnings on 10/18/2017 after the market close of $1.50, beating estimates of $1.487 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 10/19/2017 before the market open of $0.91, beating estimates calling for $0.724 per share.

Verizon (VZ) report earnings on 10/19/2017 before the market open of $0.98, matching estimates of $0.984 per share.

General Electric (GE) reported earnings on 10/20/2017 before the market open of $0.29, missing estimates calling for $0.49 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 10/20/2017 before the market open of $1.09, meeting estimates of $1.093 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 10/24/2017 before the market open of $2.33, beating estimates of $2.253 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 10/24/2017 before the market open of $1.95, beating estimates of $1.301 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 10/24/2017 before the market open of $2.32, beating estimates of $1.792 per share.

United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 10/24/2017 before the market open of $1.73, beating estimates of $1.719 per share.

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.

Pfizer (PFE) reports earnings on 10/31/2017 before the market open.

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 11/2/2017 after the market close.

Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 11/9/2017 after the market close.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 11/14/2017 before the market open.

Cisco (CSCO) reports earnings on 11/15/2017 after the market close.

Wal-Mart (WMT) reports earnings on 11/16/2017 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

McDonald’s (MCD)

McDonald’s (MCD) is up +37.65% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0945 ET Oct Markit manufacturing PMI expected +0.4 to 53.5, Sep +0.3 to 53.1. Oct Markit services PMI expected -0.1 to 55.2, Sep -0.7 to 55.3.

1000 ET Oct Richmond Fed manufacturing index expected -2 to 17, Sep +5 to 19.

1300 ET Treasury auctions $26 billion of 2-year T-notes.

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