Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Procter & Gamble (PG). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -157 points.

Thursday the Dow was up +208.77 (+0.83%) at 25,289.27.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +2.31%.

There were 22 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Cisco (CSCO) +5.50%, 3M (MMM) +3.46% and JPMorgan (JPM) +2.55%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Walmart (WMT) -1.96%, Home Depot (HD) -1.41% and Nike (NKE) -1.16%.

Home Depot (HD -1.41%) was downgraded to ‘Neutral’ from ‘Buy’ at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch with a price target of $195.

Intel (INTC +2.17%) announced a $15 billion increase in its stock repurchase authorization.

European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended mostly higher.

The national average price of gasoline is down 1.2 cents at $2.654 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) reported earnings on 10/11/18 before the market open of $1.48, barely beating estimates of $1.471 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 10/12/18 before the market open of $2.36, beating estimates calling for $2.26 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 10/16/18 before the market open of $6.28, beating estimates of $5.695 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 10/16/18 after the market close of $3.42, missing estimates of $3.434 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 10/16/18 before the market open of $2.05, missing estimates calling for $2.061 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 10/16/18 before the market open of $3.41, beating estimates of $3.356 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 10/19/2018 before the market open of $1.12,meeting expectations of $1.116 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 10/19/18 before the market open of $2.54, beating estimates calling for $2.19 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 10/18/18 after the market close of $1.88,beating estimates of $1.808 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 10/23/2018 before the market open of $2.10, beating estimates of $2.012 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 10/23/2018 before the market open of $2.58, missing estimates of $2.726 per share.

United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 10/23/2018 before the market open of $1.93, beating estimates calling for $1.861 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 10/23/2018 before the market open of $1.22, beating estimates of $1.211 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 10/24/2018 before the market open of $3.58, beating estimates calling for $3.513 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 10/24/2018 after the market close of $1.14, beating estimates of $1.007 per share.

Visa (V) reported earnings on 10/24/2018 after the market close of $1.21, missing estimates calling for $1.244 per share.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 10/25/2018 before the market open of $1.19, beating estimates calling for $1.167 per share.

Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 10/25/2018 after the market close of $1.40, beating estimates of $1.19 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 10/30/2018 before the market open of $0.58, beating estimates of $0.559 per share.

Pfizer (PFE) reported earnings on 10/30/2018 before the market open of $0.78, meeting estimates of $0.782 per share.

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 11/1/2018 after the market close of $2.91, beating estimates calling for $2.838 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 11/2/2018 after the market close of $2.11, beating estimates of $2.083 per share.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported earnings on 11/2/2018 after the market close of $1.46, beating estimates of $1.199 per share.

Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 11/8/2018 after the market close of $1.48, beating estimates calling for $1.348 per share.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 11/13/2018 before the market open of $2.51, beating estimates calling for $2.327 per share.

Cisco (CSCO) reported earnings on 11/14/2018 after the market close of $0.75, beating estimates of $0.732 per share.

Walmart (WMT) reported earnings on 11/15/2018 before the market open of $1.08, beating estimates calling for $1.059 per share.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

JPMorgan (JPM)

JPMorgan (JPM) is up +2.93% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

14:15 Capacity Utilization Rate (Oct), 78.2%, 78.1%

14:15 Industrial Production (YoY), 5.1%

14:15 Industrial Production (MoM) (Oct), 0.2%, 0.3%

14:15 Manufacturing Production (MoM) (Oct), 0.2%, 0.2%

16:00 KC Fed Composite Index (Nov), 8

16:00 KC Fed Manufacturing Index (Nov), 5

16:30 Chicago Fed President Evans Speaks

18:00 U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count, 886

20:30 CFTC Copper speculative net positions, 6.4K

20:30 CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions, 403.8K

20:30 CFTC Gold speculative net positions, 19.0K

20:30 CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions, 198.0K

20:30 CFTC Silver speculative net positions, -2.5K

21:00 US Foreign Buying, T-bonds (Sep), 63.10B

21:00 Overall Net Capital Flow (Sep), 108.20B

21:00 TIC Net Long-Term Transactions (Sep), 131.8B

21:00 TIC Net Long-Term Transactions including Swaps (Sep), 111.50B