Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Boeing (BA).There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +71 points.

Thursday the Dow was up +70.57 (+0.29%) at 24,211.48.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +22.51%.

There were 16 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Caterpillar (CAT) +1.82% and Visa (V) +1.51%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Coca Cola (KO) -1.44% and Procter & Gamble (PG) -1.26%.

Employers added 228,000 jobs last month. Economists had forecast 195,000 employment gains in November. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1%.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is down three-tenths of a cent at $2.474 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

There are no Dow stocks set to report earnings in the near term.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Travelers (TRV)

Travelers (TRV) is up +11.27% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Nov non-farm payrolls expected +198,000, Oct +261,000. Nov private payrolls expected +200,000, Oct +252,000. Nov manufacturing payrolls expected +15,000, Oct +24,000. Nov unemployment rate expected unch at 4.1%, Oct -0.1 to 4.1%.

0830 ET Nov avg hourly earnings expected +0.3% m/m and +2.7% y/y, Oct unch m/m and +2.4% y/y. Nov avg weekly hours all-employees expected unch at 34.4 hours, Oct unch at 34.4 hours.

1000 ET Oct wholesale trade sales expected +0.3%, Sep +1.3% m/m. Final-Oct wholesale inventories expected +0.1%, prelim -0.4%.

1000 ET Preliminary-Dec University of Michigan U.S. consumer sentiment index expected +0.5 to 99.0, Nov -2.2 to 98.5.