There are no Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs. Dow stock 52-week lows include UnitedHealth (UNH) 411.44 (+0.54%).

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be up +211 points.

Wednesday the Dow closed up +141.74 (+0.35%) at 40,669.36.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -4.41%.

Wednesday, (21) Dow stocks were up, (1) made 52-week lows, and none made 52-week highs.

The Dow stock winners Wednesday were led by Verizon (VZ) 44.06 (+2.58%), McDonald’s (MCD) 319.65 (+1.64%) and Sherwin Williams (SHW) 352.92 (+1.38%).

The Dow stock losers Wednesday were led by Chevron (CVX) 136.06 (-2.33%), Nike (NKE) 56.40 (-1.98%) and Amazon (AMZN) 184.42 (-1.58%).

The VIX closed Wednesday at 24.70 (+2.19%) and the 10 YR at 4.157 (-0.19%). The VIX is currently at 24.01 (-2.79%). The 10YR is at 4.145 (-0.81%).

On Wednesday, the Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy contracted in the first three months of 2025, largely due to a surge in imports ahead of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Initial unemployment claims posted an unexpected increase last week in a potential trouble sign for the wobbling U.S. economy. First-time filings for unemployment insurance totaled a seasonally adjusted 241,000 for the week ending April 26, up 18,000 from the prior period and higher than the Dow Jones estimate for 225,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. This was the highest total since Feb. 22. Continuing claims, which run a week behind and provide a broader view of layoff trends, rose to 1.92 million, up 83,000 to the highest level since Nov. 13, 2021.

Shares of McDonald’s (MCD) were under pressure on Thursday morning after first-quarter revenue came in below expectations. The company reported $2.67 in adjusted earnings per share on $5.96 billion of revenue. Analysts were looking for $2.66 per share on $6.09 billion of revenue. U.S. same-store sales fell 3.6% year over year, the biggest decline since the second quarter of 2020. The stock was last down about 1%.

Microsoft (MSFT) climbed more than 6% on the heels of better-than-expected third-quarter results on the top and bottom lines. Microsoft earned $3.46 per share on revenue of $70.07 billion, while analysts were looking for a profit of $3.22 per share and $68.42 billion in revenue.

Amazon (AMZN) gained more than 2% following news that Amazon plans to invest $4 billion in building out its last-mile delivery network in small towns.

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

The national average price of gasoline is up four-tenths of a cent at $3.186 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 with $5.07, beating estimates of $4.623 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings on 4/14/25 before the market open with $14.12, beating estimates of $12.35 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reports earnings on 4/15/25 before the market open with $2.77, beating estimates of $2.567 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reports earnings on 4/16/25 before the market open with $1.91, beating estimates of $0.685 per share.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 4/17/25 before the market open with $3.64, beating estimates of $3.46 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 4/17/25 before the market open with $7.20, missing estimates of $7.271 per share.

3M (MMM) reports earnings on 4/22/25 before the market open with $1.88, beating estimates of $1.765 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 4/22/25 before the market open with $1.19, beating estimates of $1.149 per share.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 4/23/25 before the market open with -$0.49, beating estimates of -$1.54 per share.

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 4/23/25 after the market close with $1.60, beating estimates of $1.42 per share.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 4/24/25 before the market open with $2.22, beating estimates of $2.154 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 4/24/25 before the market open with $1.54, meeting estimates of $1.535 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 4/29/25 before the market open with $0.73, beating estimates of $0.712 per share.

Honeywell (HON) reports earnings on 4/29/25 before the market open with $2.51, beating estimates of $2.205 per share.

Sherwin Williams (SHW) reports earnings on 4/29/25 before the market open with $2.25, beating estimates of $2.18 per share.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 4/29/25 after the market close with $2.76, beating estimates of $2.677 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 4/30/25 before the market open with $4.25, missing estimates of $4.302 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 4/30/25 after the market close with $3.46, beating estimates of $3.201 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 5/1/25 before the market open with $2.67, beating estimates of $2.643 per share.

Amazon (AMZN) reports earnings on 5/1/25 after the market close.

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 5/1/25 after the market close.

Amgen (AMGN) reports earnings on 5/1/25 after the market close.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 5/2/25 before the market open.

Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 5/7/25 before the market open.

Cisco (CSCO) reports earnings on 5/14/25 after the market close.

Walmart (WMT) reports earnings on 5/15/25 before the market open.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 5/20/25 before the market open.

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Boeing (BA)

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Financial Calendar

07:00 AM ET Dallas Fed PCE (Mar), 3.00%
07:30 AM ET Challenger Job Cuts (Apr), 275.240K
08:30 AM ET Continuing Jobless Claims, 1,860K, 1,841K
08:30 AM ET Initial Jobless Claims, 224K, 222K
08:30 AM ET Jobless Claims 4-Week Avg., 220.25K
09:45 AM ET S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (Apr), 50.7, 50.2
10:00 AM ET Construction Spending (MoM) (Mar), 0.2%, 0.7%
10:00 AM ET ISM Manufacturing Employment (Apr), 44.7
10:00 AM ET ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index (Apr), 45.2
10:00 AM ET ISM Manufacturing PMI (Apr), 48.0, 49.0
10:00 AM ET ISM Manufacturing Prices (Apr), 72.9, 69.4
10:30 AM ET Natural Gas Storage, 111B, 88B
11:30 AM ET 4-Week Bill Auction, 4.220%
11:30 AM ET 8-Week Bill Auction, 4.225%
13:00 PM ET Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q2), 2.4%, 2.4%
16:30 PM ET Fed’s Balance Sheet, 6,727B
16:30 PM ET Reserve Balances with Federal Reserve Banks, 3.209T