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

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +34 points.

Thursday the Dow was down -361.19 (-1.39%) at 25,706.09.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -9.92%.

There were 5 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by walmart (WMT) +2.66%, Cisco (CSCO) +1.94% and Microsoft (MSFT) +0.36%.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Walgreens (WBA) -7.76%, Raytheon Technologies (RTX) -4.75% and Chevron (CVX) -4.18%.

U.S. producer prices unexpectedly fell in June as the economy battles depressed demand amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The Labor Department on Friday said its producer price index for final demand dropped 0.2% last month after rebounding 0.4% in May. In the 12 months through June, the PPI declined 0.8% after decreasing 0.8% in May. Economists had forecast the PPI climbing 0.4% in June and falling 0.2% on a year-on-year basis.

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended lower.

The national average price of gasoline is up seven-tenths of a cent at $2.196 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 6/25/2020 after the market close of -$0.51, missing estimates calling for $0.016 per share.

Walgreens (WBA) reports earnings on 7/9/2020 before the market open.

JPMorgan (JPM) reports earnings on 7/14/2020 before the market open.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 7/15/2020 before the market open.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 7/15/2020 before the market open.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 7/16/2020 before the market open.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 7/16/2020 after the market close.

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 7/20/2020 after the market close.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 7/21/2020 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Caterpillar (CAT)

Caterpillar (CAT) is down -14.86% year-to-date. Caterpillar (CAT) YTD low was 87.50 on 3/12/2020. That’s a +43.69% gain off the YTD low.

Financial Calendar

8:30 AM ET PPI-FD

1:00 PM ET Baker-Hughes Rig Count

2:00 PM ET Treasury Budget