Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Apple (AAPL) and Walmart (WMT). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +265 points.

Thursday the Dow was up +150.66 (+0.57%) at 26,496.67.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +13.59%.

There were 22 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Caterpillar (CAT) +2.72%, Dow (DOW) +2.07% and Walgreens (WBA) +1.64%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Cisco (CSCO) -1.47%, Boeing (BA) -1.06% and McDonald’s (MCD) -0.50%.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is down four-tenths of a cent at $2.641 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 10/15/2019 before the open.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 10/15/2019 before the open.

JPMorgan (JPM) reports earnings on 10/15/2019 before the open.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 10/15/2019 before the open.

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 10/16/2019 after the market close.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 10/18/2019 before the market open.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 10/18/2019 before the market open.

United Technologies (UTX) reports earnings on 10/22/2019 before the market open.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 10/22/2019 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 10/22/2019 before the market open.

Travelers (TRV) reports earnings on 10/22/2019 before the market open.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 10/23/2019 before the market open.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 10/23/2019 before the market open.

Microsoft reports earnings on 10/23/2019 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Verizon (VZ)

Verizon (VZ) is up +6.42% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

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