Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 170.59 (-0.09%). There are no Dow stock 52-week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be up +248 points.

Wednesday the Dow closed up +81.38 (+0.18%) at 44,193.12.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +3.88%.

Wednesday, (17) Dow stocks were up, none made 52-week lows, and (1) made 52-week highs.

The Dow stock winners Wednesday were led by Apple (AAPL) 213.25 (+5.09%), Walmart (WMT) 103.36 (+4.08%) and Amazon (AMZN) 222.31 (+2.98%).

The Dow stock losers Wednesday were led by Amgen (AMGN) 284.67 (-5.14%), Disney (DIS) 115.17 (-2.66%) and UnitedHealth (UNH) 245.78 (-2.08%).

The VIX closed Wednesday at 16.77 (-6.05%) and the 10 YR at 4.240 (+0.66%). The VIX is currently at 16.13 (-3.82%). The 10YR is at 4.235 (+0.12%).

Trump announced late Wednesday that there would be a 100% tariff on imported chips, but not for companies that are “building in the United States.” Nvidia shares rose more than 1% in the premarket.

Apple (AAPL) gained 2% after the iPhone maker announced plans to spend an additional $100 billion on U.S. companies and suppliers over the next four years. That’s on top of a $500 billion announcement Apple made in February.

Jobless claims nudged higher last week while long-term unemployment continued to rise, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Initial filings for unemployment insurance totaled a seasonally adjusted 226,000 for the week ending Aug. 2, up 7,000 from the prior period and higher than the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 221,000. Also, continuing claims, which run a week behind, continued their ascent. The rolls of those collecting for multiple weeks increased to 1.97 million, up 38,000 from the prior week and the highest since Nov. 6, 2021.

Also Thursday, the BLS reported that nonfarm productivity increased 2.4% in the second quarter, higher than the 2% estimate, while unit labor costs rose 1.6%, just 0.1 percentage point above forecast.

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

The national average price of gasoline is down four-tenths of a cent at $3.166 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 7/15/2025 before the market open with $5.24, beating estimates of $4.455 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 7/16/2025 before the market open with $10.91, beating estimates of $9.821 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 7/16/2025 before the market open with $2.77, beating estimates of $2.65 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 7/17/2025 before the market open with $6.51, beating estimates of $3.51 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 7/18/2025 before the market open with $2.16, beating estimates of $2.011 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 7/18/2025 before the market open with $4.08, beating estimates of $3.837 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reported earnings on 7/21/2025 before the market open with $1.22, beating estimates of $1.183 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 7/22/2025 before the market open with $0.87, beating estimates of $3.837 per share.

Sherwin Williams (SHW) reported earnings on 7/22/2025 before the market open with $3.38, missing estimates of $3.75 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 7/23/2025 after the market close with $2.80, beating estimates of $2.637 per share.

Honeywell (HON) reported earnings on 7/24/2025 before the market open with $2.75, beating estimates of $2.629 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 7/29/2025 before the market open with -$0.847, missing estimates of -$1.24 per share.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 7/29/2025 before the market open with $2.13, beating estimates of $2.035 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 7/29/2025 before the market open with $1.48, beating estimates of $1.423 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 7/29/2025 before the market open with $4.08, missing estimates of $5.468 per share.

Visa (V) reported earnings on 7/29/2025 after the market close with $2.98, beating estimates of $2.839 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 7/30/2025 after the market close with $3.35, beating estimates of $3.65 per share.

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 7/31/2025 after the market close with $1.57, beating estimates of $1.419 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reported earnings on 8/1/2025 before the market open with $1.77, beating estimates of $1.544 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 8/5/2025 before the market open with $4.72, missing estimates of $4.925 per share.

Amgen (AMGN) reports earnings on 8/5/2025 after the market close with $6.02, beating estimates of $5.207 per share.

Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 8/6/2025 before the market open with $1.61, beating estimates of $1.442 per share.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 7/6/2025 before the market open with $3.19, beating estimates of $3.128 per share.

Amazon (AMZN) reports earnings on 8/7/2025 after the market close.

Cisco (CSCO) reports earnings on 8/13/2025 after the market close.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 8/19/2025 before the market open.

Walmart (WMT) reports earnings on 8/21/2025 before the market open.

Nvidia (NVDA) reports earnings on 8/27/2025 after the market close.

Salesforce (CRM) reports earnings on 8/27/2025 after the market close.

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Chevron (CVX)

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Financial Calendar

08:30 AM ET Continuing Jobless Claims, 1,950K, 1,946K
08:30 AM ET Initial Jobless Claims, 221K, 218K
08:30 AM ET Jobless Claims 4-Week Avg., 221.00K
08:30 AM ET Nonfarm Productivity (QoQ) (Q2), 1.9%, -1.5%
08:30 AM ET Unit Labor Costs (QoQ) (Q2), 1.6%, 6.6%
10:00 AM ET FOMC Member Bostic Speaks
10:00 AM ET Wholesale Inventories (MoM) (Jun), 0.2%, -0.3%
10:00 AM ET Wholesale Trade Sales (MoM) (Jun), -0.3%
10:30 AM ET Natural Gas Storage, 10B, 48B
11:00 AM ET NY Fed 1-Year Consumer Inflation Expectations (Jul), 3.0%
11:30 AM ET 4-Week Bill Auction, 4.290%
11:30 AM ET 8-Week Bill Auction, 4.290%
13:00 AM ET 30-Year Bond Auction, 4.889%
13:00 AM ET Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q3), 2.5% 2.5%
15:00 AM ET Consumer Credit (Jun), 7.40B 5.10B
16:30 AM ET Fed’s Balance Sheet, 6,643B
16:30 AM ET Reserve Balances with Federal Reserve Banks, 3.300T