Dow stocks at 52 week highs include American Express (AXP). Dow stock 52 week lows include Procter & Gamble (PG).

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -10 points.

Thursday the Dow was down -83.18 (-0.34%) at 24,664.89.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +0.22%.

There were 8 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by American Express (AXP) +7.59% and General ELectric (GE) +2.42%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Procter & Gamble (PG) -3.27% and Apple (AAPL) -2.83%.

General Electric (GE +2.42%) rose 3% in premarket trading after it reported Q1 adjusted EPS of 16 cents, better than consensus of 12 cents.

European stocks are mostly higher and Asian markets ended lower.

The national average price of gasoline is up 1.2 cents at $2.751 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.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 4/13/2018 before the market open of $2.37, missing estimates calling for $2.92 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 4/17/2018 before the market open of $6.95, beating estimates of $5.75 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 4/17/2018 before the market open of $2.06, beating estimates of $2.029 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 4/17/2018 before the market open of $3.04, beating estimates of $2.968 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 4/17/2018 after the market close of $2.45, beating estimates of 2.415 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 4/18/2018 after the market close of $1.86, beating estimates of $1.747 per share.

General Electric (GE) reported earnings on 4/20/2018 before the market open of $0.16, beating estimates calling for $0.12 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 4/20/2018 before the market open of $1.00 on expectations of $1.002 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 4/24/2018 before the market open.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 4/24/2018 before the market open.

3M (MMM) reports earnings on 4/24/2018 before the market open.

United Technologies (UTX) reports earnings on 4/24/2018 before the market open.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 4/24/2018 before the market open.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 4/25/2018 before the market open.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 4/25/2018 after the market close.

Intel (INTC) reports earnings on 4/26/2018 after the market close.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 4/26/2018 after the market close.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 4/27/2018 before the market open.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reports earnings on 4/27/2018 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 4/30/2018 before the market open.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 5/1/2018 before the market open.

Pfizer (PFE) reports earnings on 5/1/2018 before the market open.

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 5/1/2018 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

United Technologies (UTX)

United Technologies (UTX) is down -2.92% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

13:40 Chicago Fed President Evans Speaks

14:30 ECRI Weekly Annualized (WoW), 3.9%

14:30 ECRI Weekly Index, 148.2

15:15 FOMC Member Williams Speaks

17:00 U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count, 815

19:30 CFTC Copper speculative net positions, 23.7K

19:30 CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions, 707.1K

19:30 CFTC Gold speculative net positions, 155.4K

19:30 CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions, -10.7K

19:30 CFTC Silver speculative net positions, -14.8K