The Dow Market Happenings For Monday, April 25, 2022 – UnitedHealth (UNH) 520.94 Up +3.74% YTD

There are no Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs. Dow stock 52-week lows include Salesforce (CRM) 171.43 (-3.27%) and Disney (DIS) 118.27 (-2.79%).

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open down -147 points.

Friday the Dow closed down -981.36 (-2.82%) at 33,811.40.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -6.95%.

There were no Dow stocks up Friday.

The Dow stock winners Friday were not to be found. The DJIA stock that lost the least was Procter & Gamble (PG) 161.25 (-0.84%).

The Dow stock losers Friday were led by Caterpillar (CAT) 216.30 (-6.55%), Verizon (VZ) 51.91 (-5.64%), Nike (NKE) 129.07 (-4.72%), Goldman Sachs (GS) 319.77 (-4.35%), Visa (V) 208.17 (-3.83%) and Home Depot (HD) 300.11 (-3.30%).

The 10 YR yield is currently at 2.828%.

U.S. stock futures point to sharp declines to start the new week after Friday’s plunge. Concern deepened about just how aggressive the Federal Reserve will be with interest rates hikes to fight inflation, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 981 points, or 2.8%, for its fourth straight negative week.

The 10-year Treasury yield on Monday backed off from last week’s late 2018 highs over 2.9%.

Oil prices sank 4.5% on Monday, extending last week’s decline, as concern mounted over how prolonged Covid lockdowns in Shanghai and further increases to U.S. rates might hurt global growth and crude demand. China’s struggle to contain its worst Covid outbreak of the pandemic in its biggest city and as well rising cases in Beijing slammed Chinese stocks. The Shenzhen component tumbled 6%, while the Shanghai composite declined 5.1%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 3.7%. Japan’s Nikkei dropped nearly 2%.

Coca-Cola (KO) on Monday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped expectations as consumers drank more of its trademark soda, Powerade and other beverages.

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

The national average price of gasoline is up three-tenths of a cent at $4.123 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 3/21/2022 after the market close with $0.87, beating estimates of $0.732 per share.

Walgreens (WBA) reported earnings on 3/31/2022 before the market open with $1.59, beating estimates of $1.389 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 4/13/2022 before the market open with $2.63, missing estimates of $2.734 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 4/14/2022 before the market open with $10.76, beating estimates of $8.89 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 4/14/2022 before the market open with $5.49, beating estimates of $5.401 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 4/19/2022 before the market open with $2.67, beating estimates of $2.597 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 4/19/2022 before the market open with $4.22, beating estimates of $3.701 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 4/19/2022 after the market close with $1.40, beating estimates of $1.344 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 4/20/2022 before the market open with $1.33, beating estimates of $1.284 per share.

Dow (DOW) reports earnings on 4/21/2022 before the market open with $2.34, beating estimates of $2.018 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 4/22/2022 before the market open with $2.73, beating estimates of $1.435 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 4/22/2022 before the market open with $1.35, inline with estimates of $1.347 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 4/25/2022 before the market open with $0.64, beating estimates of $0.576 per share.

3M (MMM) reports earnings on 4/26/2022 before the market open.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 4/26/2022 after the market close.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 4/26/2022 after the market close.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 4/27/2022 before the market open.

Amgen (AMGN) reports earnings on 4/27/2022 after the market close.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 4/28/2022 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 4/28/2022 before the market open.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 4/28/2022 before the market open.

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 4/28/2022 after the market close.

Intel (INTC) reports earnings on 4/28/2022 after the market close.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 4/29/2022 before the market open.

Honeywell (HON) reports earnings on 4/29/2022 before the market open.

Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 5/11/2022 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

UnitedHealth (UNH)

UnitedHealth (UNH) 520.94 (-3.07%) is up +3.74% in 2022.

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