Dow stocks hitting 52 week highs include Salesforce (CRM), Home Depot (HD) and Microsoft (MSFT). Dow stock 52 week lows include Salesforce (CRM) and Home Depot (HD).

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +125 points.

Monday the Dow closed down -36.15 (-0.10%) at 35,258.61.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +15.22%.

There were 10 Dow stocks up Monday.

The Dow stock winners Monday were led by Goldman Sachs (GS) 413.69 (+1.88%), Home Depot (HD) 355.01 (+1.31%) and Apple (AAPL) 146.55 (+1.18%).

The Dow stock losers Monday were led by Disney (DIS) 171.14 (-3.01%), Amgen (AMGN) 203.13 (-2.27%) and Travelers (TRV) 152.88 (-1.77%).

U.S. oil prices, as measured by West Texas Intermediate crude, hit new seven-year highs Monday near $84 per barrel at one stage. Early Tuesday, WTI was trading above $83 per barrel.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) said in Tuesday’s earnings report that it sold $502 million of its Covid vaccine in the third quarter. Per-share profit exceeded expectations, while revenue fell short. JNJ shares fell in the premarket.

Bond yields rose Tuesday after weaker U.S. housing data. The 10-year Treasury yield was trading around 1.6% following the government saying that September housing starts dropped a bigger-than-expected 1.6% and building permits declined a disappointing 7.7%. Starts and permits were revised lower in August.

Procter & Gamble (PG) fell more than 1% in the premarket after the consumer products giant on Tuesday reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue in its fiscal first quarter. However, higher costs were a drag on profit, which was slightly lower than the same quarter a year ago. Revenue grew just 5%.

U.S. futures are higher, European stocks are mostly higher and Asian markets ended mostly higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up 1.5 cents at $3.340 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 10/13/2021 before the open with $3.74, beating estimates calling for $2.996 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 10/14/2021 before the open with $4.52, beating estimates calling for $4.414 per share.

Walgreens (WBA) reported earnings on 10/14/2021 before the open with $1.17, beating estimates calling for $1.028 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 10/15/2021 before the open with $14.93, crushing estimates calling for $10.18 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 10/19/2021 before the open with $2.60, beating estimates of $2.367 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 10/19/2021 before the open with $1.61, beating estimates of $1.594 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 10/19/2021 before the open with $2.60, beating estimates of $2..002 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 10/20/2021 before the open.

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 10/20/2021 after the close.

Dow (DOW) reports earnings on 10/21/2021 before the open.

Intel (INTC) reports earnings on 10/21/2021 after the close.

Honeywell (HON) reports earnings on 10/22/2021 before the open.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 10/22/2021 before the open.

3M (MMM) reports earnings on 10/26/2021 before the open.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 10/26/2021 after the close.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 10/26/2021 after the close.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 10/27/2021 before the open.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 10/27/2021 before the open.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 10/27/2021 before the open.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 10/28/2021 before the open.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 10/28/2021 before the open.

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 10/28/2021 after the close.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 10/29/2021 before the open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Visa (V)

Visa (V) 230.65 (-0.15%) is up +5.45% in 2021.

Financial Calendar

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