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The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -25 points.

Thursday the Dow was up +181.92 (+0.75%) at 24,356.74.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -1.47%.

There were 27 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Walgreens (WBA) +2.67% and Intel (INTC) +2.59%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Chevron (CVX) -0.60% and Cisco (CSCO) -0.26%.

The U.S. added 213,000 jobs in June, topping economist forecasts of 195,000. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4% from 3.8%, and average hourly earnings rose 2.7% from a year earlier.

European stocks are mostly lower and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is unchanged at $2.866 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Walgreens (WBA) reported earnings on 6/28/2018 before the market open with $1.53 per share, beating estimates calling for $1.503 per share.

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 6/28/2018 after the market close of $0.69, beating estimates of $0.673 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reports earnings on 7/13/2018 before the market open.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 7/17/2018 before the market open.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 7/17/2018 before the market open.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 7/17/2018 before the market open.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 7/18/2018 after the market close.

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 7/18/2018 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

McDonald’s (MCD)

McDonald’s (MCD) is down -8.60% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

12:30 Average Hourly Earnings (YoY) (YoY) (Jun), 2.8%, 2.7%

12:30 Average Hourly Earnings (MoM) (Jun), 0.3%, 0.3%

12:30 Average Weekly Hours (Jun), 34.5, 34.5

12:30 Exports, 211.25B

12:30 Government Payrolls (Jun), 5.0K

12:30 Imports, 257.44B

12:30 Manufacturing Payrolls (Jun), 15.0K, 18.0K

12:30 Nonfarm Payrolls (Jun), 200K, 223K

12:30 Participation Rate (Jun), 62.7%

12:30 Private Nonfarm Payrolls (Jun), 190K 218K

12:30 Trade Balance (May), -43.70B, -46.20B

12:30 U6 Unemployment Rate (Jun), 7.6%

12:30 Unemployment Rate (Jun), 3.8%, 3.8%

14:30 ECRI Weekly Annualized (WoW), 2.8%

14:30 ECRI Weekly Index, 148.2

14:30 Natural Gas Storage, 75B, 66B

17:00 U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count, 858

19:30 CFTC Copper speculative net positions, 34.0K

19:30 CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions, 625.1K

19:30 CFTC Gold speculative net positions, 76.7K

19:30 CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions, 197.2K

19:30 CFTC Silver speculative net positions, 34.2K