Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Goldman Sachs (GS), JPMorgan (JPM), Coca Cola (KO), 3M (MMM), Nike (NKE), Travelers (TRV), Verizon (VZ) and Wal-Mart (WMT). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +36 points.

Thursday the Dow was up +140.67 (+0.54%) at 26,392.79.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +6.77%.

There were 21 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Boeing (BA) +2.52% and 3M (MMM) +1.89%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Apple (AAPL) -1.79% and General Electric (GE) -1.58%.

Intel (INTC -0.46%) rallied more than 3% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 revenue of $17.05 billion, much better than consensus of $16.35 billion.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended mostly higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up seven-tenths of a cent at $2.571 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 12/21/17 after the market close of $0.46, beating estimates of $0.437 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 1/12/2018 before the market open of $1.07, missing estimates calling for $1.726 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 1/16/2018 before the market open of $2.59, beating estimates of $2.559 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 1/17/2018 before the market open of -$5.51 (includes tax loss), missing estimates calling for $5.064 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 1/18/2017 after the market close of -$1.41, missing estimates calling for $1.564 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 1/18/2018 after the market close of $5.01, missing estimates calling for $5.191 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 1/23/2018 before the market open of $1.19, beating estimates of $1.166 per share.

Procter & Gamble reports earnings on 1/23/2018 before the market open of $1.74, missing estimates calling for $1.757 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 1/23/2018 before the market open of $0.86, missing estimates of $0.887 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 1/23/2018 before the market open of $2.28, handily beating estimates calling for $1.657 per share.

General Electric (GE) reported earnings on 1/24/2018 before the market open of -$0.35, missing estimates calling for $0.282 per share.

United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 1/24/2018 before the market open of $1.60, meeting estimates of $1.597 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 1/25/2018 before the market open of $2.16, beating estimates calling for $1.827 per share.

Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 1/25/2018 after the market close of $1.08, beating estimates calling for $0.891 per share.

3M (MMM) reporte earnings on 1/25/2018 before the market open of $2.10, beating estimates of $2.052 per share.

Pfizer (PFE) reports earnings on 1/30/2018 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 1/30/2018 at an unspecified time.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 1/31/2018 at an unspecified time.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 1/31/2018 before the market open.

DowDupont (DWDP) reports earnings on 2/1/2018 before the market open.

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 2/1/2018 after the market close.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 2/1/2018 after the market close.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 2/2/2018 before the market open.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reports earnings on 2/2/2018 before the market open.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 2/2/2018 at an unspecified time.

Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 2/6/2018 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Verizon (VZ)

Verizon (VZ) is up +2.57% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

0830 ET Q4 GDP expected +3.0% (q/q annualized), Q3 +3.2% (q/q annualized). Q4 personal consumption expected +3.7%, Q3 +2.2%. Q4 GDP price index expected +2.3%, Q3 +2.1%. Q4 core PCE expected +1.9% q/q, Q3 +1.3% q/q.

0830 ET Dec durable goods orders expected +0.8% and +0.6% ex transportation, Nov +1.3% and -0.1% ex transportation. Dec capital goods orders nondefense ex-aircraft & parts expected +0.6%, Nov -0.2%.

0830 ET Dec wholesale inventories expected +0.4%, Nov +0.8%.

0830 ET USDA weekly Export Sales.

1500 ET USDA Dec Cattle on Feed.