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The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +82 points.

Friday the Dow was down -182.44 (-0.68%) at 26,469.89.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -7.25%.

There were 8 Dow stocks up Friday.

The Dow stock winners Friday were led by Verizon (VZ) 56.85 (+1.79%), Caterpillar (CAT) 137.58 (+0.72%) and McDonald’s (MCD) 198.72 (+0.59%).

The Dow stock losers Friday were led by Intel (INTC) 50.59 (-16.24%), Cisco (CSCO) 46.40 (-2.13%) and Pfizer (PFE) 37.66 (-1.95%).

Gold jumped $40.00 to a record $1937.40 per ounce in a sign investors were looking for safe havens to park money.

U.S. layoffs are rising as spiking coronavirus infections lead more businesses to shut down. Extra unemployment benefits expire this week and Congress has yet to agree on more economic aid.

There are 12 Dow stocks reporting earnings this week. See earnings section below.

European stocks are lower and Asian markets ended mostly lower.

The national average price of gasoline is unchanged at $2.184 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) reported earnings on 7/9/2020 before the market open of $0.83, missing estimates calling for $1.103 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 7/14/2020 before the market open of $1.38, beating estimates calling for $1.336 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 7/15/2020 before the market open of $6.26, beating estimates calling for $3.972 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 7/15/2020 before the market open of $7.12, beating estimates calling for $5.158 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 7/16/2020 before the market open of $1.67, beating estimates calling for $1.496 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 7/20/2020 after the market close of $2.18, beating estimates calling for $2.136 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 7/21/2020 before the market open of $0.42, beating estimates calling for $0.404 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 7/22/2020 after the market close of $1.46, beating estimates calling for $1.384 per share.

Dow (DOW) reported earnings on 7/23/2020 before the market open of -$0.26, beating estimates of -$0.296 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 7/23/2020 before the market open of -$0.20, meeting estimates of -$0.20 per share.

Intel (INTC) reported earnings on 7/23/2020 after the market close of $1.23, beating estimates calling for $1.105 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 7/24/2020 before the market open of $0.29, beating estimates calling for $0.131 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 7/24/2020 before the market open of $1.18, beating estimates calling for $1.156 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 7/28/2020 before the market open.

3M (MMM) reports earnings on 7/28/2020 before the market open.

Pfizer (PFE) reports earnings on 7/28/2020 before the market open.

Raytheon Technologies (RTX) reports earnings on 7/28/2020 before the market open.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 7/28/2020 after the market close.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 7/29/2020 before the market open.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 7/30/2020 before the market open.

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 7/30/2020 after the market close.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 7/31/2020 before the market open.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 7/31/2020 before the market open.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 7/31/2020 before the market open.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reports earnings on 7/31/2020 before the market open.

Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 8/4/2020 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is up +1.54% year-to-date. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) YTD low was 109.16 on 3/23/2020. That’s a +35.69% gain off the YTD low.

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