Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Nike (NKE). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -15 points.

Thursday the Dow was down -54.95 (-0.22%) at 24,713.98.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -0.02%.

There were 12 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Coca Cola (KO) +1.81% and Boeing (BA) +0.93%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Cisco (CSCO) -3.76% and Wal-Mart (WMT) -1.90%. Both are down on their recent earnings reports. See the earnings section below.

US crude futures hit their highest levels since late 2014 on Friday, trading at $71.60 per barrel. Prices of Brent crude, the international benchmark, topped $80 per barrel Thursday.

European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up 1.2 of a cents at $2.914 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) reported earnings on 5/15/2018 before the market open of $2.08, missing estimates calling for $2.10 per share.

Cisco (CSCO) reported earnings on 5/16/2018 after the market close of $0.66, essentially meeting estimates calling for $0.664 per share.

Wal-Mart (WMT) reported earnings on 5/17/2018 before the market open of $1.14, meeting estimates calling for $1.142 per share.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Intel (INTC)

Intel (INTC) is up +18.74% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

07:00 FOMC Member Mester Speaks

13:15 FOMC Member Brainard Speaks

13:15 FOMC Member Kaplan Speaks

14:30 ECRI Weekly Annualized (WoW), 4.5%

14:30 ECRI Weekly Index, 149.3

17:00 U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count, 844

19:30 CFTC Copper speculative net positions, 33.5K

19:30 CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions, 679.9K

19:30 CFTC Gold speculative net positions, 107.4K

19:30 CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions, 162.4K

19:30 CFTC Silver speculative net positions, -0.1K