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The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +41 points.

Wednesday the Dow was up +36.28 (+0.13%) at 27,147.08.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +16.37%.

There were 17 Dow stocks up Wednesday.

The Dow stock winners Wednesday were led by JPMorgan (JPM) +1.00%, Apple (AAPL) +0.94% and Microsoft (MSFT) +0.82%.

The Dow stock losers Wednesday were led by Dow (DOW) -1.02%, Caterpillar (CAT) -0.83% and UnitedHealth (UNH) -0.82%.

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, its second cut since late July, and suggested it was prepared to move aggressively if the United States economy shows additional signs of weakening.

Unemployment insurance weekly claims in the week ending September 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 208,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 2,000 from 204,000 to 206,000. The 4-week moving average was 212,250, a decrease of 750 from the previous week’s revised average. The previous week’s average was revised up by 500 from 212,500 to 213,000. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.2 percent for the week ending September 7, unchanged from the previous week’s unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending September 7 was 1,661,000, a decrease of 13,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up 4,000 from 1,670,000 to 1,674,000. The 4-week moving average was 1,677,500, a decrease of 3,750 from the previous week’s revised average. The previous week’s average was revised up by 1,000 from 1,680,250 to 1,681,250.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended mostly higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up 1.6 cents at $2.667 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Nike (NKE) reports earnings on 9/24/2019 after the market close.

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Exxon Mobil (XOM)

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