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

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +26 points.

Tuesday the Dow was down -36.08 (-0.13%) at 28,515.45.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +22.24%.

There were 13 Dow stocks up Tuesday.

The Dow stock winners Tuesday were led by Home Depot (HD) +0.67%, Disney (DIS) +0.42% and Walmart (WMT) +0.40%.

The Dow stock losers Tuesday were led by Boeing (BA) -1.35%, 3M (MMM) -1.00% and Caterpillar (CAT) -0.69%.

I hope everyone had a Very Merry Christmas!

It will probably be a light trading day today.

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

The national average price of gasoline is up three-tenths of a cent at $2.550 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.

Walgreens (WBA) reports earnings on 1/8/2020 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Merck (MRK)

Merck (MRK) is up +19.67% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

8:30 AM ET Jobless Claims

10:00 AM ET State Street Investor Confidence Index

4:30 PM ET Fed Balance Sheet

4:30 PM ET Money Supply