Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs include Chevron (CVX) 165.94 (+0.56%). There are no Dow stock 52-week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be up +98 points.

Tuesday the Dow closed up +4.18 (+0.01%) at 42,587.50.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +0.10%.

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

The Dow stock winners Tuesday were led by Home Depot (HD) 363.77 (+3.59%), Amazon (AMZN) 203.26 (+3.59%) and Nvidia (NVDA) 121.41 (+3.15%).

The Dow stock losers Tuesday were led by Verizon (VZ) 43.56 (-0.98%), Merck (MRK) 92.31 (-0.86%) and Nike (NKE) 67.39 (-0.81%).

The VIX closed Tuesday at 17.15 (-1.89%) and the 10 YR at 4.329 (+0.53%). The VIX is currently at 17.21 (+0.35%). The 10YR is at 4.345 (+0.91%).

Stocks closed slightly higher on Tuesday after sentiment appeared uplifted from these tariff reports, overshadowing the release of March consumer confidence data that indicated U.S. consumers’ future outlook on income, business and job prospects dropped to their lowest reading in 12 years.

Demand for long-lasting items such as aircraft, appliances and computers unexpected surged in February, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. Durable goods orders increased 0.9% for the month, down from the upwardly revised 3.3% level in January but much better than the Dow Jones consensus forecast for a 1% decline. Excluding transportation, orders rose 0.7%, while the increase was 0.8% when excluding defense. However, non-defense capital goods order, a closely watched metric of demand, saw a 0.3% decline for the month, indicating softening capital spending plans.

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

The national average price of gasoline is up 1.1 cents at $3.150 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 3/20/25 after the market close with $0.54, beating estimates of $0.279 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reports earnings on 4/11/25 before the market open.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 4/14/25 before the market open.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 4/15/25 before the market open.

Travelers (TRV) reports earnings on 4/16/25 before the market open.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 4/17/25 before the market open.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 4/17/25 before the market open.

Sherwin Williams (SHW) reports earnings on 4/22/25 before the market open.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 4/22/25 before the market open.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 4/22/25 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Goldman Sachs (GS)

Goldman Sachs (GS) 585.94 (+1.01%) is up +2.33% in 2025.

Financial Calendar

07:00 AM ET MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate, 6.72%
07:00 AM ET MBA Mortgage Applications (WoW), -6.2%
07:00 AM ET MBA Purchase Index, 154.7
07:00 AM ET Mortgage Market Index, 252.5
07:00 AM ET Mortgage Refinance Index, 794.4
08:30 AM ET Core Durable Goods Orders (MoM) (Feb), 0.4%, 0.0%
08:30 AM ET Durable Goods Orders (MoM) (Feb), -0.6%, 3.1%
08:30 AM ET Durables Excluding Defense (MoM) (Feb), 3.5%
08:30 AM ET Goods Orders Non Defense Ex Air (MoM) (Feb), -0.2%, 0.8%
09:30 AM ET Crude Oil Inventories, 1.745M
09:30 AM ET EIA Refinery Crude Runs (WoW), -0.045M
09:30 AM ET Crude Oil Imports, -1.439M
09:30 AM ET Cushing Crude Oil Inventories, -1.009M
09:30 AM ET Distillate Fuel Production, 0.151M
09:30 AM ET EIA Weekly Distillates Stocks, -2.812M
09:30 AM ET Gasoline Production, 0.067M
09:30 AM ET Heating Oil Stockpiles, 0.008M
09:30 AM ET EIA Weekly Refinery Utilization Rates (WoW), 0.4%
09:30 AM ET Gasoline Inventories, -0.527M
10:00 AM ET FOMC Member Kashkari Speaks
11:30 AM ET Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q1), -1.8%, -1.8%
13:00 PM ET 5-Year Note Auction, 4.123%