Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Wal-Mart (WMT). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +25 points.

Friday the Dow was down -39.73 (-0.17%) at 23,422.21.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +18.52%.

There were 8 Dow stocks up Friday.

The Dow stock winners Friday were led by General Electric (GE) +2.50% and Disney (DIS) +2.05%.

The Dow stock losers Friday were led by Intel (INTC) -1.56% and Merck (MRK) -1.30%.

General Electric (GE +2.50%) said it will cut its quarterly dividend by 50% to 12 cents a share from 24 cents a share.

European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended mostly higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up three-tenths of a cent at $2.561 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) reported earnings on 10/31/2017 before the market open of $0.67, barely beating estimates calling for $0.662 per share..

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 11/2/2017 after the market close of $2.07, beating estimates of $1.899 per share.

Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 11/9/2017 after the market close of $1.07, missing estimates calling for $1.16 per share.

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

American Express (AXP)

American Express (AXP) is up +28.37% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

1100 ET USDA weekly grain export inspections.

1400 ET Oct monthly budget statement expected -$50.0 billion, Sep +$8.0 billion.

1600 ET USDA crop conditions and progress report.