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The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -12 points.

Thursday the Dow was down -7.66 (-0.03%) at 25,326.16.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +2.46%.

There were 13 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Apple (AAPL) +2.92% and Procter & Gamble (PG) +1.67%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by DowDuPont (DWDP) -2.24% and Chevron (CVX) -1.30%.

The Jobs Report said 157,000 new jobs were created last month despite widespread complaints among businesses about a shortage of skilled labor. Although the increase fell below the 195,000 forecast, hiring in May and June was stronger than previously reported. Unemployment slipped below 4% again, to 3.9%, as more people found work. Hourly pay rose 7 cents in July to $25.07, but the 12-month rate of wage gains was unchanged at 2.7%.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended mostly lower.

The national average price of gasoline is down one-tenth of a cent at $2.873 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) reported earnings on 7/13/2018 before the market open of $2.27, beating estimates calling for $2.27 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 7/17/2018 before the market open of $5.98, beating estimates calling for $4.66 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 7/17/2018 before the market open of $2.10, beating estimates of $2.083 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 7/17/2018 before the market open of $3.14, beating estimates of 3.088 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 7/18/2018 after the market close of $1.84, missing estimates calling for $1.868 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 7/18/2018 after the market close of $3.08, beating estimates calling for $3.058 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 7/19/2018 before the market open $1.92, missing estimates of $2.446 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 7/19/2018 after the market close of $1.13, beating estimates calling for $1.11 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 7/24/2018 before the market open of $3.07, beating estimates of $2.603 per share.

United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 7/24/2018 before the market open of $1.97, beating estimates calling for $1.88 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 7/24/2018 before the market open of $1.20, beating estimates of $1.159 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 7/25/2018 before the market open of $3.33, missing estimates of $3.448 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 7/25/2018 before the market open of $0.61, meeting expectations of $0.609 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 7/26/2018 before the market open of $1.90, missing estimates of $1.965 per share.

Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 7/26/2018 after the market close of $1.04, beating estimates of $1.00 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 7/27/2018 before the market open of $1.78, missing estimates calling for $2.095 per share.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported earnings on 7/27/2018 before the market open of $0.92, missing estimates calling for $1.249 per share.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 7/27/2018 before the market open of $1.06, meeting expectations of $1.059 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 7/30/2018 before the market open of $2.97, beating estimates calling for $2.747 per share.

Pfizer (PFE) reported earnings on 7/31/2018 before the market open of $0.81, beating estimates calling for $0.754 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 7/31/2018 before the market open of $0.94, beating estimates of $0.913 per share.

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 7/31/2018 after the market close of $2.38, beating estimates calling for $2.228 per share.

DowDuPont (DWDP) reported earnings on 8/2/2018 before the market open of $1.37 per share.

Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 8/7/2018 after the market close.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 8/14/2018 before the market open.

Cisco (CSCO) reports earnings on 8/15/2018 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Coca Cola (KO)

Coca Cola (KO) is up +0.65% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

12:30 Average Hourly Earnings (MoM) (Jul), 0.3%, 0.2%

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

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

12:30 Exports, 215.33B

12:30 Government Payrolls (Jul), 11.0K

12:30 Imports, 258.38B

12:30 Manufacturing Payrolls (Jul), 22.0K, 36.0K

12:30 Nonfarm Payrolls (Jul), 193K, 213K

12:30 Participation Rate (Jul), 62.9%

12:30 Private Nonfarm Payrolls (Jul), 189K, 202K

12:30 Trade Balance (Jun), -46.50B, -43.10B

12:30 U6 Unemployment Rate (Jul), 7.8%

12:30 Unemployment Rate (Jul), 3.9%, 4.0%

13:45 Markit Composite PMI (Jul), 55.9, 55.9

13:45 Services PMI (Jul), 56.2, 56.2

14:00 Dallas Fed PCE (Jun), 2.30%

14:00 ISM Non-Manufacturing Business Activity (Jul), 63.2, 63.9

14:00 ISM Non-Manufacturing Employment (Jul), 53.6

14:00 ISM Non-Manufacturing New Orders (Jul), 63.2

14:00 ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI (Jul), 58.6, 59.1

14:00 ISM Non-Manufacturing Prices (Jul), 60.7

14:30 ECRI Weekly Annualized (WoW), 0.8%

14:30 ECRI Weekly Index, 147.8

17:00 U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count, 861

19:30 CFTC Copper speculative net positions, 9.4K

19:30 CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions, 610.5K

19:30 CFTC Gold speculative net positions, 48.6K

19:30 CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions, 181.9K

19:30 CFTC Silver speculative net positions, 3.5K