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The Market

Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +38 points.

Wednesday the Dow was up +114.32 (+0.38%) at 30,129.83.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +5.18%.

There were 18 Dow stocks up Wednesday.

The Dow stock winners Wednesday were led by JPMorgan (JPM) 125.07 (+2.79%), Goldman Sachs (GS) 256.45 (+2.54%) and American Express (AXP) 116.95 (+2.10%).

The Dow stock losers Wednesday were led by Salesforce (CRM) 227.43 (-1.62%), Microsoft (MSFT) 221.02 (-1.30%) and Cisco (CSCO) 44.375 (-0.70%).

European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended mostly higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up three-tenths of a cent at $2.250 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Walgreens (WBA) will report earnings on 1/7/2021 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Caterpillar (CAT)

Caterpillar (CAT) 178.42 (+1.04%) is up +24.59% year-to-date. Caterpillar (CAT) YTD low was 87.50 on 3/12/2020. Caterpillar has provided a +103.91% gain off the YTD low.

Financial Calendar

10:00 AM ET 4-Week Bill Auction

10:00 AM ET 8-Week Bill Auction

11:00 AM ET 3-Month Bill Announcement

11:00 AM ET 6-Month Bill Announcement

11:00 AM ET 52-Week Bill Announcement

11:00 AM ET 2-Yr Note Announcement

11:00 AM ET 5-Yr Note Announcement

11:00 AM ET 7-Yr Note Announcement

1:00 PM ET Baker Hughes Rig Count

4:30 PM ET Fed Balance Sheet

4:30 PM ET Money Supplylly during the same post-election period in 2016.