Dow stocks at 52 week highs include Apple (AAPL), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Merck (MRK), Microsoft (MSFT), Nike (NKE) Procter & Gamble (PG), UnitedHealth (UNH), United Technologies (UTX), Visa (V) and Verizon (VZ). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +59 points.

Friday the Dow was up +78.13 (+0.28%) at 28,455.09.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +21.98%.

There were 22 Dow stocks up Friday.

The Dow stock winners Friday were led by Verizon (VZ) +2.09%, 3M (MMM) +1.87% and Merck (MRK) +1.77%.

The Dow stock losers Friday were led by Boeing (BA) -1.65%, Nike (NKE) -1.18% and Cisco (CSCO) -0.90%.

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

The national average price of gasoline is up one-tenth of a cent at $2.548 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 12/19/2019 after the market close of $0.52, missing estimates calling for $0.618 per share.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

JPMogan (JPM)

JPMogan (JPM) is up +40.59% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

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8:30 AM ET Chicago Fed National Activity Index

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11:00 AM ET Survey of Business Uncertainty