Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs include Apple (AAPL) 255.27 (+0.31%). There are no Dow stock 52-week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be down -23 points.

Monday the Dow closed up +66.69 (+0.16%) at 42,906.95.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +13.84%.

Friday, (16) Dow stock was up, none made 52-week lows, and (1) made 52-week highs.

The Dow stock winners Monday were led by Nvidia (NVDA) 139.67 (+3.69%), Merck (MRK) 99.37 (+1.35%) and UnitedHealth (UNH) 506.34 (+1.24%).

The Dow stock losers Monday were led by Walmart (WMT) 90.34 (-2.05%), IBM (IBM) 221.93 (-0.64%) and Disney (DIS) 111.40 (-0.56%).

The VIX closed Monday at 16.78 (-8.61%) and the 10 YR at 4.584 (-0.24%). The VIX is currently at 16.89 (+0.66%). The 10YR is at 4.611 (+0.35%).

Today, the market will close at 1 p.m. ET for the Christmas Eve holiday. The bond market closes at 2 p.m.

Trading is expected to be thin this week.

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

The national average price of gasoline is down one-tenth of a cent at $3.041 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 12/19/24 after the market close with $0.78, beating estimates for $0.63 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 1/10/24 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Honeywell (HON)

Honeywell (HON) 227.14 (-0.52%) is up +8.31% in 2024.

Financial Calendar

08:30 AM ET Core Durable Goods Orders (MoM) (Nov), 0.3%, 0.1%
08:30 AM ET Durable Goods Orders (MoM) (Nov), -0.3%, 0.2%
08:30 AM ET Durables Excluding Defense (MoM) (Nov), 0.5%
08:30 AM ET Goods Orders Non Defense Ex Air (MoM) (Nov), -0.2%
08:55 AM ET Redbook (YoY), 4.8%
09:00 AM ET Dallas Fed PCE (Nov), 2.30%
10:00 AM ET New Home Sales (MoM) (Nov), -17.3%
10:00 AM ET New Home Sales (Nov), 666K, 610K
10:00 AM ET Richmond Manufacturing Index (Dec), -11, -14
10:00 AM ET Richmond Manufacturing Shipments (Dec), -12
10:00 AM ET Richmond Services Index (Dec), 9
11:00 AM ET M2 Money Supply (MoM), 23.31T
13:00 PM ET 5-Year Note Auction, 4.197%
13:00 PM ET Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q4)
16:30 PM ET API Weekly Crude Oil Stock, -4.700M