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

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -117 points.

Thursday the Dow was down -69.55 (-0.23%) at 29,999.26.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +5.12%.

There were 9 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Chevron (CVX) 93.95 (+3.22%), Travelers (TRV) 136.71 (+1.33%) and Apple (AAPL) 123.24 (+1.20%).

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Verizon (VZ) 60.51 (-1.55%), IBM (IBM) 124.96 (-1.44%) and UnitedHealth (UNH) 339.65 (-1.38%).

The Dow is set to open lower as Mitch McConnell and Republican Senators refuse to support a new Covid-19 stimulus package. So it’s screw the people for Republicans (mostly Mitch McConnell).

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

The national average price of gasoline is up one-tenth of a cent at $2.159 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Nike (NKE) will report earnings on 12/18/2020 after the market close. Nike closed at 138.75 (+1.14%) on Monday 12/7/2020. It was a 52 week high.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

UnitedHealth (UNH)

UnitedHealth (UNH) 339.65 (-1.38%) is up +15.54% year-to-date. UnitedHealth (UNH) YTD low was 187.72 on 3/23/2020. UnitedHealth has provided a +80.93% gain off the YTD low.

Financial Calendar

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