Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Cisco (CSCO). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -18 points.

Thursday the Dow was up +306.88 (+1.23%) at 25,200.37.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +0.70%.

There were 27 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Cisco (CSCO) +4.73% and Boeing (BA) +3.37%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by UnitedHealth (UNH) -1.21% and General Electric (GE) -0.34%.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is down eight-tenths of a cent at $2.544 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) reported earnings on 1/30/2018 before the market open of $0.62, beating estimates of $0.583 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 1/30/2018 before the market open of $0.87, missing estimates calling for $1.616 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 1/31/2018 after the close of $0.96, beating estimates of $0.895 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 1/31/2018 before the market open of $4.80, beating estimates calling for $2.951 per share.

DowDupont (DWDP) reported earnings on 2/1/2018 before the market open of $0.83.

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 2/1/2018 after the market close of $3.89, beating estimates of $3.839 per share.

Visa (V) reported earnings on 2/1/2018 after the market close of $1.08, beating estimates of $1.007 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 2/2/2018 before the market open of $1.64, beating estimates of $1.306 per share.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported earnings on 2/2/2018 before the market open of $1.97, beating estimates of $1.092 per share.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 2/2/2018 before the market open of $0.98, beating estimates of $0.97 per share.

Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 2/6/2018 after the market close of $1.89, beating estimates calling for $1.633 per share.

Cisco (CSCO) reported earnings on 2/14/2018 after the market close of $0.63, beating estimates calling for $0.603 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 2/16/2018 before the market open of $0.39, meeting expectations of $0.39 per share.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 2/20/2018 at an unspecified time.

Wal-Mart (WMT) reports earnings on 2/20/2018 at an unspecified time.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Goldman Sachs (GS)

Goldman Sachs (GS) is up +5.07% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

13:30 Building Permits (Jan), 1.290M, 1.300M

13:30 Building Permits (MoM) (Jan), -0.2%

13:30 Export Price Index (MoM) (Jan), 0.3%, -0.1%

13:30 Housing Starts (Jan), 1.234M, 1.192M

13:30 Housing Starts (MoM) (Jan), 3.4%, -8.2%

13:30 Import Price Index (MoM) (Jan), 0.6%, 0.1%

15:00 Michigan 5-Year Inflation Expectations (Feb), 2.50%

15:00 Michigan Consumer Expectations (Feb), 84.5, 86.3

15:00 Michigan Consumer Sentiment (Feb), 95.4, 95.7

15:00 Michigan Current Conditions (Feb), 112.0, 110.5

15:00 Michigan Inflation Expectations (Feb), 2.7%

15:30 ECRI Weekly Annualized (WoW), 8.8%

15:30 ECRI Weekly Index, 152.2

18:00 U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count, 791

20:30 CFTC Copper speculative net positions, 53.0K

20:30 CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions, 739.1K

20:30 CFTC Gold speculative net positions, 190.9K

20:30 CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions, 286.2K

20:30 CFTC Silver speculative net positions, 16.5K