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The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +29 points.

Wednesday the Dow was up +6.58 (+0.03%) at 26,157.16.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +12.13%.

There were 19 Dow stocks up Wednesday.

The Dow stock winners Wednesday were led by Goldman Sachs (GS) +1.18%, Cisco (CSCO) +1.16% and Walmart (WMT) +0.92%.

The Dow stock losers Wednesday were led by Boeing (BA) -1.11%, UnitedHealth (UNH) -1.11% and Dow (DOW) -1.00%.

Unemployment insurance weekly claims in the week ending April 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 196,000, a decrease of 8,000 from the previous week’s revised level. This is the lowest level for initial claims since October 4, 1969 when it was 193,000. The previous week’s level was revised up by 2,000 from 202,000 to 204,000. The 4-week moving average was 207,000, a decrease of 7,000 from the previous week’s revised average. This is the lowest level for this average since December 6, 1969 when it was 204,500. The previous week’s average was revised up by 500 from 213,500 to 214,000.

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

The national average price of gasoline is up 2.3 cents at $2.784 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 3/21/2019 after the market close of $0.68, beating estimates of $0.662 per share.

Walgreens (WBA) reported earnings on 4/2/2019 before the market open of $1.64, missing estimates calling for $1.732 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reports earnings on 4/12/201 before the market open.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 4/15/201 before the market open.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 4/16/201 before the market open.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 4/16/201 before the market open.

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 4/16/2019 after the market close.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 4/18/201 before the market open.

Travelers (TRV) reports earnings on 4/18/201 before the market open.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 4/23/201 before the market open.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 4/23/201 before the market open.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 4/23/201 before the market open.

United Technologies (UTX) reports earnings on 4/23/201 before the market open.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 4/24/201 before the market open.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 4/24/201 before the market open.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 4/24/2019 after the market close.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 4/24/2019 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Travelers (TRV)

Travelers (TRV) is up +13.12% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

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