Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs include Apple (AAPL) 259.02 (+0.32%). There are no Dow stock 52-week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be down -215 points.

Thursday the Dow closed up +28.77 (+0.07%) at 43,325.80.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +14.95%.

Thursday, (18) Dow stocks were up, none made 52-week lows, and (1) made 52-week highs.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Honeywell (HON) 231.86 (+1.29%), UnitedHealth (UNH) 511.15 (+1.00%) and Procter & Gamble (PG) 170.16 (+0.72%). 16.

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Amazon (AMZN) 227.05 (-0.87%), Salesforce (CRM) 341.72 (-0.79%) and Amgen (AMGN) 263.18 (-0.50%).

The VIX closed Thursday at 14.73 (+3.22%) and the 10 YR at 4.577 (-0.39%). The VIX is currently at 15.84 (+7.54%). The 10YR is at 4.596 (+0.42%).

Yesterday, the Dow captured a small gain for a fifth winning day.

Investors are hoping for the Santa Rally to continue into the new year. Ho, Ho, Ho!

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

The national average price of gasoline is down eight-tenths of a cent at $3.034 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.

JPMorgan (JPM) reports earnings on 1/15/24 before the market open.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 1/16/24 before the market open.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 1/22/24 before the market open.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 1/22/24 before the market open.

Travelers (TRV) reports earnings on 1/22/24 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 145.58 (-0.19%) is down -7.12% in 2024.

Financial Calendar

08:30 AM ET Goods Trade Balance (Nov), -101.30B, -98.26B
08:30 AM ET Retail Inventories Ex Auto (Nov), 0.1%
08:30 AM ET S&P/CS HPI Composite – 20 n.s.a. (YoY) (Oct), 4.6%
08:30 AM ET S&P/CS HPI Composite – 20 n.s.a. (MoM) (Oct), -0.4%
08:30 AM ET Wholesale Inventories (MoM) (Nov), 0.1%, 0.2%
09:00 AM ET S&P/CS HPI Composite – 20 s.a. (MoM) (Oct), 0.2%
10:30 AM ET Natural Gas Storage, -125B
11:00 AM ET Crude Oil Inventories, -0.700M, -0.934M
11:00 AM ET EIA Refinery Crude Runs (WoW), -0.048M
11:00 AM ET Crude Oil Imports, -1.131M
11:00 AM ET Cushing Crude Oil Inventories, 0.108M
11:00 AM ET Distillate Fuel Production, -0.135M
11:00 AM ET EIA Weekly Distillates Stocks, -0.700M, -3.180M
11:00 AM ET Gasoline Production, -0.173M
11:00 AM ET Heating Oil Stockpiles, -0.304M
11:00 AM ET EIA Weekly Refinery Utilization Rates (WoW), -0.6%
11:00 AM ET Gasoline Inventories, -1.000M, 2.348M
13:00 PM ET U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count
13:00 PM ET U.S. Baker Hughes Total Rig Count
15:30 PM ET CFTC Aluminium speculative net positions, 2.5K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Copper speculative net positions, 5.9K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Corn speculative net positions, 221.8K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions, 230.0K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Gold speculative net positions, 262.0K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Nasdaq 100 speculative net positions, 36.1K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Natural Gas speculative net positions, -128.2K
15:30 PM ET CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions, -39.9K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Silver speculative net positions, 40.3K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Soybeans speculative net positions, -109.3K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Wheat speculative net positions, -79.3K