Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs include Cisco (CSCO), McDonald’s (MCD) and UnitedHealth (UNH). There are no Dow stock 52-week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +71 points.

Thursday the Dow closed up +196.67 (+0.55%) at 35,950.56.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +17.46%.

There were 25 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Caterpillar (CAT) 206.20 (+2.00%), Dow (DOW) 55.14 (+1.68%) and Honeywell (HON) 205.22 (+1.67%).

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Visa (V) 216.62 (-0.61%), Merck (MRK) 75.73 (-0.56%) and Walmart (WMT) 139.49 (-0.22%).

Not much happening this morning. Hope all had a very Merry Christmas! We are having a winter storm with 5″ of snow and very low temps here near Gig Harbor, WA.

Apple (AAPL) was cited by the top competition regulator in the Netherlands, which said the company broke competition laws, and ordered changes to Apple’s App Store payment policies. Apple said it would appeal the ruling.

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

The national average price of gasoline is down four-tenths of a cent at $3.286 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 12/20/2021 after the market close with $0.83, beating estimates of $0.626 per share.

Walgreens (WBA) reports earnings on 1/6/2021 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Boeing (BA)

Boeing (BA) 204.22 (+1.25%) is down -4.60% in 2021.

Financial Calendar

10:30 AM ET Dallas Fed Mfg Business Index (Dec)
11:30 AM ET 3-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET 6-Month Bill Auction
13:00 AM ET 2-Year Note Auction