Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs include Coca Cola (KO) and UnitedHealth (UNH). There are no Dow stock 52-week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -62 points.

Thursday the Dow closed down -90.55 (-0.25%) at 36,398.08 (closed up +90.42 yesterday).

Year-to-date the Dow is up +18.92%.

There were 7 Dow stocks up Thursday.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Disney (DIS) 155.93 (+0.68%), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 172.31 (+0.44%) and IBM (IBM) 133.91 (+0.42%).

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Procter & Gamble (PG) 162.77 (-0.86%), Microsoft (MSFT) 339.32 (-0.77%) and Nike (NKE) 167.49 (-0.76%).

Markets look a little weak this morning. But we’ll see how this last trading day of 2021 ends.

We got another 4″ of Pacific Northwest snow yesterday but it is supposed to start warming up and raining a bit over the weekend. That will be good!

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

The national average price of gasoline is unchanged at $3.285 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

Chevron (CVX)

Chevron (CVX) 117.43 (-0.44%) is up +39.05% in 2021.

Financial Calendar

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