DJIA Market Happenings For Friday, October 27, 2017

Dow stocks at 52 week highs include American Express (AXP), Home Depot (HD), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan (JPM), Microsoft (MSFT), UnitedHealth (UNH), Visa (V) and Wal-Mart (WMT). Dow stock 52 week lows include General Electric (GE).

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +18 points.

Thursday the Dow was up +71.40 (+0.31%) at 23,400.86.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +18.41%.

There were 22 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Nike (NKE) +3.40% and American Express (AXP) +2.31%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by 3M (MMM) -1.99% and Pfizer (PFE) -1.16%

Intel (INTC +1.40%) gained over 1% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 adjusted EPS of $1.01, higher than consensus of 80 cents.

Microsoft (MSFT +0.17%) rose almost 4% in after-hours trading after it reported Q1 EPS of 84 cents, better than consensus of 72 cents.

Gross domestic product grew at a 3% annualized rate (est. 2.6%) following a 3.1% gain in 2Q, best back-to-back quarters since 2014. Consumer spending, biggest part of the economy, grew 2.4% (est. 2.1%) after 3.3% in 2Q. Business fixed investment rose 1.5%, adding 0.25 ppt to growth; spending on nonresidential structures fell, equipment and intellectual property gained, residential dropped. Trade, inventories added a combined 1.14 ppt to growth.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up three-tenths of a cent at $2.466 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) reported earnings on 10/25/2017 before the market open of $2.72, beating estimates of $2.709 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 10/25/2017 before the market open of $0.50, meeting estimates of $0.495 per share.

Visa (V) reported earnings on 10/25/2017 before the market open of $0.90, beating estimates of $0.884 per share.

Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 10/26/2017 after the market close of $1.01, beating estimates of $0.815 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 10/26/2017 after the market close of $0.84, beating estimates calling for $0.781 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 10/27/2017 before the market open of $1.03, meeting expectations of $1.026 per share.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 10/27/2017 before the market open of $1.11, beating estimates calling for $1.04 per share.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported earnings on 10/27/2017 before the market open of $0.93, beating estimates of $0.885 per share.

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

Microsoft (MSFT)

Microsoft (MSFT) is up +26.29% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Q3 GDP expected +2.6% (q/q annualized), Q2 +3.1%. Q3 personal consumption expected +2.1%, Q2 +3.3%. Q3 GDP price index expected +1.7%, Q2 +1.0%. Q3 core PCE expected +1.3% q/q, Q2 +0.9% q/q.

1000 ET Final-Oct University of Michigan U.S. consumer sentiment expected -0.4 to 100.7, previous +6.0 to 101.1.

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