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 -173 points.

Thursday the Dow was up +70.11 (+0.29%) at 24,597.38.

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

There were 17 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Procter & Gamble (PG) +2.62%, McDonald’s (MCD) +1.61% and Merck (MRK) +1.28%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Nike (NKE) -1.87%, DowDuPont (DWDP) -1.05% and AMerican Express (AXP) -0.73%.

Procter & Gamble (PG +2.62%) was upgraded to ‘Overweight’ from ‘Equal-Weight’ at Morgan Stanley with a price target of $106.

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA -0.15%) was downgraded to ‘Sell’ from ‘Neutral’ at Goldman Sachs with a price target of $68.

European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended lower.

The national average price of gasoline is down nine-tenths of a cent at $2.390 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

Caterpillar (CAT)

Caterpillar (CAT) is down -20.44% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

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