There are no Dow stocks at 52 week highs. There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +141 points.

Tuesday the Dow was up +76.30 (+0.27%) at 28,538.44.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +22.34%. Guess that’s a wrap for 2019. Come Thursday we will have a new number started.

There were 26 Dow stocks up Tuesday.

The Dow stock winners Tuesday were led by IBM (IBM) +0.93%, Cisco (CSCO) +0.78% and Apple (AAPL) +0.73%.

The Dow stock losers Tuesday were led by Walmart (WMT) -0.47%, Boeing (BA) -0.20% and Merck (MRK) -0.09%.

In 2019 the Dow index soared 22%, its strongest yearly performance since 2017. The S&P 500 was 29% higher, its best performance since 2013. The tech-heavy Nasdaq jumped 35% to notch its best gain since 2013.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended mostly higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up one-tenth of a cent at $2.586 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.

JPMorgan (JPM) reports earnings on 1/14/2020 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Procter & Gamble (PG)

Procter & Gamble (PG) is up +35.88% year-to-date.

Financial Calendar

8:30 AM ET Jobless Claims

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4:30 PM ET Fed Balance Sheet

4:30 PM ET Money Supply