Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Pfizer (PFE) and Merck (MRK) (intraday for sure). Dow stock 52 week lows include Goldman Sachs (GS).
The Market
Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -62 points.
Wednesday the Dow was down -831.83 (-3.15%) at 25,598.74.
Year-to-date the Dow is up +3.56%.
There were no Dow stocks up Wednesday.
The Dow stock winners Wednesday were not to be found.
The Dow stock losers Wednesday were led by Nike (NKE) -6.81%, Microsoft (MSFT) -5.43%, Visa (V) -4.77%, Boeing (BA) -4.66%, Apple (AAPL) -4.63% and 3M (MMM) -3.93%.
European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended lower.
The national average price of gasoline is down one-tenth of a cent at $2.910 per gallon.
Earnings Reports.
Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 9/25/2018 after the market close of $0.67, just beating estimates calling for $0.657 per share.
Walgreens (WBA) reports earnings on 10/11/18 before the market open.
JPMorgan (JPM) reports earnings on 10/12/18 before the market open.
Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 10/16/18 before the market open.
IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 10/16/18 after the market close.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 10/16/18 before the market open.
UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 10/16/18 before the market open.
Travelers (TRV) reports earnings on 10/19/18 before the market open.
American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 10/18/18 after the market close.
McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 10/23/2018 before the market open.
3M (MMM) reports earnings on 10/23/2018 before the market open.
United Technologies (UTX) reports earnings on 10/23/2018 before the market open.
Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 10/23/2018 before the market open.
Today’s Featured Dow Stock
Travelers (TRV) is down -5.51% year-to-date.
Financial Calendar
12:30 Continuing Jobless Claims, 1,660K, 1,650K
12:30 Core CPI (MoM) (Sep), 0.2%, 0.1%
12:30 Core CPI (YoY) (Sep), 2.3%, 2.2%
12:30 Core CPI Index (Sep), 258.14
12:30 CPI (YoY) (Sep), 2.4%, 2.7%
12:30 CPI (MoM) (Sep), 0.2%, 0.2%
12:30 CPI Index, n.s.a. (Sep), 252.69, 252.15
12:30 Initial Jobless Claims, 206K, 207K
12:30 Jobless Claims 4-Week Avg., 207.00K
12:30 Real Earnings (MoM) (Sep), 0.1%, 0.1%
14:30 Natural Gas Storage, 91B, 98B
15:00 Cleveland CPI (MoM) (Sep), 0.1%
15:00 Crude Oil Inventories, 2.620M, 7.975M
15:00 Crude Oil Imports, 1.080M
15:00 Cushing Crude Oil Inventories, 1.699M
15:00 Distillate Fuel Production, 0.034M
15:00 EIA Weekly Distillates Stocks, -2.005M, -1.750M
15:00 Gasoline Production, 0.118M
15:00 Heating Oil Stockpiles, -0.052M
15:00 Gasoline Inventories, -0.042M, -0.459M
16:00 WASDE Report
17:00 30-Year Bond Auction, 3.088%
18:00 Federal Budget Balance, -214.0B