Dow stocks hitting 52 week highs include Cisco (CSCO) and IBM (IBM). There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +114 points.

Thursday the Dow was up +19.10 (+0.06%) at 34,466.24.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +12.61%.

There were 20 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Walgreens (WBA) 55.31 (+3.52%), Merck (MRK) 76.14 (+2.84%) and Amgen (AMGN) 244.64 (+2.14%).

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Caterpillar (CAT) 225.73 (-3.80%), Goldman Sachs (GS) 373.94 (-2.31%) and JPMorgan (JPM) 160.40 (-1.56%).

The Dow is set to rise Friday and is less than 1% from last month’s record close.

The 10-year Treasury yield ticked lower Friday, trading just above 1.4%, around its early March lows before it spiked above 1.7% to 14-month highs later that month.

President Biden and G-7 leaders will publicly endorse a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% on Friday, one piece of a broader agreement to update international tax laws for a globalized, digital economy.

US futures are higher, European stocks are mixed and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up four-tenths of a cent at $3.077 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

There are no Dow stocks set to report earnings in the near term.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Walmart (WMT)

Walmart (WMT) 139.88 (+0.58%) is down -2.96% in 2021.

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