Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Appple (AAPL), Cisco (CSCO), Microsoft (MSFT) and Visa (V). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +32 points.

Thursday the Dow was up +196.99 (+0.80%) at 24,739.53.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +0.08%.

There were 29 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Exxon Mobil (XOM) +2.24%, UnitedHealth (UNH) +1.96%, Verizon (VZ) +1.77% and Disney (DIS) +1.71%..

The Dow stock loser Thursday was Nike (NKE) -0.04%.

European stocks are mostly lower and Asian markets ended mostly higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up 1.4 cents at $2.858 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) reported 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) reported earnings on 4/24/2018 before the market open of $2.82, beating estimates of $2.169 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 4/24/2018 before the market open of $0.47, beating estimates of $0.464 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 4/24/2018 before the market open of $2.50, beating estimates of $2.525 per share.

United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 4/24/2018 before the market open of $1.77, beating estimates of $1.544 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 4/24/2018 before the market open of $1.17, beating estimates of $1.107 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 4/25/2018 before the market open of $3.64, beating estimates calling for $2.637 per share.

Visa (V) reported earnings on 4/25/2018 after the market close of $1.11, beating estimates of $1.058 per share.

Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 4/26/2018 after the market close of $0.87, beating estimates of $0.765 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 4/26/2018 after the market close of $0.95, beating estimates of $0.892 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 4/27/2018 before the market open of $1.90, beating estimates of $1.423 per share.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported earnings on 4/27/2018 before the market open of $1.09, missing estimates calling for $1.179 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 4/30/2018 before the market open of $1.72, with estimates calling for $1.706 per share.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 5/1/2018 before the market open of $1.05, beating estimates calling for $1.004 per share.

Pfizer (PFE) reported earnings on 5/1/2018 before the market open of $0.77, beating estimates calling for $0.757 per share.

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 5/1/2018 after the market close of $2.73, barely beating estimates calling for $2.729 per share.

Dow DuPont (DWDP) reported earnings on 5/3/2018 before the market open of $1.12 per share.

Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 5/8/2018 after the market close of $1.84, beating estimates calling for $1.73 per share.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 5/15/2018 before the market open.

Cisco (CSCO) reports earnings on 5/16/2018 after the market close.

Wal-Mart (WMT) reports earnings on 5/17/2018 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Exxon Mobil (XOM)

Exxon Mobil (XOM) is down -3.28% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

12:30 Export Price Index (MoM) (Apr), 0.3%, 0.3%

12:30 Export Price Index (YoY), 3.6%, 3.4%

12:30 FOMC Member Bullard Speaks

12:30 Import Price Index (MoM) (Apr), 0.5%, 0.0%

12:30 Import Price Index (YoY), 3.9%, 3.6%

12:30 Import Price Index ex Petroleum (MoM), 0.2%, 0.1%

14:00 Michigan 5-Year Inflation Expectations (May), 2.50%

14:00 Michigan Consumer Expectations (May), 88.0, 88.4

14:00 Michigan Consumer Sentiment (May), 98.5, 98.8

14:00 Michigan Current Conditions (May), 115.7, 114.9

14:00 Michigan Inflation Expectations (May), 2.7%

14:30 ECRI Weekly Annualized (WoW), 4.1%

14:30 ECRI Weekly Index, 150.0

17:00 U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count, 834

19:30 CFTC Copper speculative net positions, 34.9K

19:30 CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions, 690.7K

19:30 CFTC Gold speculative net positions, 106.8K

19:30 CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions, 229.2K

19:30 CFTC Silver speculative net positions, -7.2K