Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Boeing (BA) +30.71% YTD and Procter & Gamble (PG) +8.01% YTD. There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -43 points.

Wednesday the Dow was up +63.12 (+0.24%) at 25,954.44.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +11.26%.

There were 18 Dow stocks up Wednesday.

The Dow stock winners Wednesday were led by Caterpillar (CAT) +3.32%, DowDuPont (DWDP) +3.02% and Boeing (BA) +1.27%.

The Dow stock losers Wednesday were Walgreens (WBA) -3.53%, Walmart (WMT) -2.27% and Microsoft (MSFT) -0.94%.

European stocks are mostly higher and Asian markets ended mostly higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up 1.6 cents at $2.376 per gallon.

Earnings Reports.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 1/15/2019 before the market open of $1.98, missing estimates calling for $2.24 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 1/15/2019 before the market open of $2.28, just beating estimates of $2.272 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 1/16/2019 before the market open of $$6.04, beating estimates calling for $4.30 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 1/17/2019 after the market close of $2.32, beating estimates calling for $1.832 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 1/22/2019 before the market open of $2.02, beating estimates calling for $1.969 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 1/22/2019 before the market open of $2.13, missing estimates calling for $2.315 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 1/22/2019 after the market close of $4.87, meeting estimates of $4.87 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 1/23/2019 before the market open of $1.25, beating estimates of $1.224 per share.

United Technologies (UTX) reported earnings on 1/23/2019 before the market open of $1.95, beating estimates calling for $1.554 per share.

Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 1/24/2019 after the market close of $1.28, beating estimates of $1.261 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 1/28/2019 before the market open of $2.55, missing estimates calling for $3.004 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 1/29/2019 before the market open of $2.31, meeting expectations of $2.305 per share.

Pfizer (PFE) reported earnings on 1/29/2019 before the market open of $0.64, missing estimates calling for $0.656 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 1/29/2019 before the market open of $1.12, beating estimates calling for $1.102 per share.

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 1/29/2019 after the market close of $4.18, missing estimates calling for $4.195 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 1/30/2019 before the market open of $5.48, beating estimates of $4.561 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reported earnings on 1/30/2019 before the market open of $1.82, missing estimates of $1.938 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 1/30/2019 after the market close of $1.10, missing estimates calling for $1.128 per share.

DowDuPont (DWDP) reported earnings on 1/31/2019 before the market open of $0.88, inline with estimates of $0.88 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 2/1/2019 before the market open of $1.95, missing estimates of $1.97 per share.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported earnings on 2/1/2019 before the market open of $1.41, beating estimates of $1.135 per share.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 2/1/2019 before the market open of $1.04, missing estimates of $1.06 per share.

Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 2/5/2019 after the market close of $1.84, beating estimates calling for $1.618 per share.

CIsco (CSCO) reported earnings on 2/13/2019 after the market close of $0.73, missing estimates of $0.743 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 2/14/2019 before the market open of $0.433, beating estimates of $0.445 per share.

Walmart (WMT) reported earnings on 2/19/2019 before the market open of $1.41, beating estimates calling for $1.349 per share.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 2/26/2019 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Merck (MRK)

Merck (MRK) is up +3.95% year-to-date.

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