There are no Dow stocks at 52 week highs. There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -141 points.

Thursday the Dow was up +254.69 (+1.07%) at 24,103.11.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -2.49%.

There were 25 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Intel (INTC) +5.00% and Cisco (CSCO) +2.95%.

The Dow stock loser Thursday was UnitedHealth (UNH) -2.06% and General Electric (GE) -1.46%.

Walmart (WMT +1.37%) is moving closer to acquiring Humana (HUM).

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended mostly lower.

The national average price of gasoline is up two-tenths of a cent at $2.659 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 3/22/2018 after the market close of $-0.57, missing estimates calling for $0.555 per share.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

General Electric (GE)

General Electric (GE) is down -22.75% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

13:45 Manufacturing PMI (Mar), 55.7, 55.7

14:00 Construction Spending (MoM) (Feb), 0.4%, 0.0%

14:00 ISM Manufacturing Employment (Mar), 54.5, 59.7

14:00 ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index (Mar), 64.2

14:00 ISM Manufacturing PMI (Mar), 60.1, 60.8

14:00 ISM Manufacturing Prices (Mar), 72.5, 74.2

15:30 3-Month Bill Auction, 1.760%

15:30 6-Month Bill Auction, 1.895%

22:00 FOMC Member Kashkari Speaks