There are no Dow stocks at 52 week highs. There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +49 points.

Wednesday the Dow was up +157.03 (+0.64%) at 24,527.27.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -0.78%.

There were 24 Dow stocks up Wednesday.

The Dow stock winners Wednesday led by DowDuPont (DWDP) +2.05%, American Express (AXP) +1.97% and Caterpillar (CAT) +1.73%.

The Dow stock losers Wednesday were led by Verizon (VZ) -2.72%, Exxon Mobil (XOM) -0.86% and Walmart (WMT) -0.79%.

Procter & Gamble (PG +0.13%) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Neutral’ at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch with a price target of $108.

European stocks are mostly lower and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is down eight-tenths of a cent at $2.399 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

Walgreens (WBA) reports earnings on 12/20/2018 before the market open.

Nike (NKE) reports earnings on 12/20/2018 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Boeing (BA)

Boeing (BA) is up +10.78% year-to-date. Boeing stock has fallen 7.5% in the past three months. Boeing now sits well below its 52-week high, down approximately 17% from $394.28 per share.

Financial Calendar

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