Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs include Travelers (TRV) 270.82 (+0.73%). Dow stock 52-week lows include UnitedHealth (UNH) 385.55 (-1.41%).

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be up +112 points.

Thursday the Dow closed up +254.48 (+0.62%) at 41,368.45.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -2.76%.

Wednesday, (20) Dow stocks were up, (1) made 52-week lows, and (1) made 52-week highs.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Boeing (BA) 191.70 (+3.31%), Disney (DIS) 105.12 (+2.97%) and American Express (AXP) 283.66 (+2.69%).

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Merck (MRK) 77.65 (-1.86%), Coca Cola (KO) 71.17 (-1.70%) and McDonald’s (MCD) 313.49 (-1.46%).

The VIX closed Thursday at 22.48 (-4.54%) and the 10 YR at 4.382 (+2.45%). The VIX is currently at 22.15 (-1.47%). The 10YR is at 4.366 (-0.07%).

Main Street investors were the most bullish since early February in the latest weekly survey by the American Association of Individual Investors, rising to 29.4% of those responding, up from 20.9% last week. That was the highest reading since 33.3% described themselves as bullish toward the six-month outlook for stocks back on Feb. 5, shortly before stocks topped out on Feb. 19. Still, it was the 17th week in 19 that bullishness was below the historic average of 37.5%. The percentage of investors who said they were bearish dropped to 51.5% — the fewest since the week of Feb. 19 — from 59.3% last week. The historic average for bearishness is just 31.0% of investors. The balance of investors said they were neutral on the short-term outlook for stocks.

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

The national average price of gasoline is down seven-tenths of a cent at $3.145 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 with $1.59, beating estimates of $1.348 per share.

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 5/1/25 after the market close with $1.65, beating estimates of $1.61 per share.

Amgen (AMGN) reports earnings on 5/1/25 after the market close with $4.90, beating estimates of $4.158 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 5/2/25 before the market open with $2.18, beating estimates of $2.152 per share.

Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 5/7/25 before the market open with $1.45, beating estimates of $1.18 per share.

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.

Salesforce (CRM) reports earnings on 5/28/25 after the market close.

Nvidia (NVDA) reports earnings on 5/28/25 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Disney (DIS)

Disney (DIS) 105.12 (+2.97%) is down -5.60% in 2025.

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