Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs include Goldman Sachs (GS) 749.67 (+0.10%). There were no Dow stock 52-week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be up +57 points.

Wednesday the Dow closed up +147.16 (+0.32%) at 45,565.23.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +7.10%.

Wednesday, (22) Dow stocks were up, none made 52-week lows, and (1) made 52-week highs.

The Dow stock winners Wednesday were Salesforce (CRM) 250.16 (+2.63%), Chevron (CVX) 159.24 (+1.19%) and UnitedHealth (UNH) 303.88 (+1.15%).

The Dow stock losers Wednesday were led by Merck (MRK) 84.07 (-1.08%), Nike (NKE) 78.06 (-0.75%) and Honeywell (HON) 221.25 (-0.59%).

The VIX closed Wednesday at 14.85 (+1.57%) and the 10 YR at 4.237 (-0.40%). The VIX is currently at 14.18 (-4.51%). The 10YR is at 4.240 (+0.02%).

Nvidia (NVDA) shares of the chip giant fell more than 3% but look to be regaining most of that loss this morning. The company’s second-quarter results beat on the top and bottom lines, posting adjusted earnings of $1.05 per share and $46.74 billion in revenue. That’s compared with the $1.01 per share and $46.06 billion, respectively, that analysts were anticipating. Data center revenue tallied $41.1 billion. Although that marked a 56% increase year over year, it missed the estimate of $41.34 billion.

Initial filings for unemployment insurance moved lower last week as employers remained reluctant to part with workers, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Jobless claims totaled a seasonally adjusted 229,000 for the week ending Aug. 23, nearly in line with estimates and down 5,000 from the previous period. Continuing claims, which run a week behind, edged lower by 7,000 to 1.95 million after hitting a nearly four-year high in the prior week.

Gross domestic product grew by a 3.3% annualized rate in the second quarter, higher than the initial estimate of 3.0% and better than the 3.1% consensus forecast.

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

The national average price of gasoline is up two-tenths of a cent at $3.210 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.

Cisco (CSCO) reported earnings on 8/13/2025 after the market close with $0.99, beating estimates of $0.797 per share.

Home Depot (HD) reported earnings on 8/19/2025 before the market open with $4.68, missing estimates of $4.693 per share.

Walmart (WMT) reported earnings on 8/21/2025 before the market open with $0.68, missing estimates of $0.723 per share.

Nvidia (NVDA) reported earnings on 8/27/2025 after the market close with $1.05, beating estimates of $0.925 per share.

Salesforce (CRM) reports earnings on 9/3/2025 after the market close.

Amazon (AMZN) reports earnings on 10/30/2025 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Procter & Gamble (PG)

Procter & Gamble (PG) 156.96 (+0.63%) is down -6.38% in 2025.

Financial Calendar

08:30 AM ET Continuing Jobless Claims, 1,972K
08:30 AM ET Core PCE Prices (Q2), 2.50%, 3.50%
08:30 AM ET Corporate Profits (QoQ) (Q2), -3.3%
08:30 AM ET GDP (QoQ) (Q2), 3.0%, -0.5%
08:30 AM ET GDP Price Index (QoQ) (Q2), 2.0%, 3.8%
08:30 AM ET GDP Sales (Q2), 6.3%, -3.1%
08:30 AM ET Initial Jobless Claims, 231K, 235K
08:30 AM ET Jobless Claims 4-Week Avg., 226.25K
08:30 AM ET PCE Prices (Q2), 2.1%, 2.1%
08:30 AM ET Real Consumer Spending (Q2), 1.4%, 0.5%
10:00 AM ET Pending Home Sales (MoM) (Jul), -0.3%, -0.8%
10:00 AM ET Pending Home Sales Index (Jul), 72.0
10:30 AM ET Natural Gas Storage, 13B
11:00 AM ET KC Fed Composite Index (Aug), 1
11:00 AM ET KC Fed Manufacturing Index (Aug), -3
11:30 AM ET 4-Week Bill Auction, 4.300%
11:30 AM ET 8-Week Bill Auction, 4.220%
13:00 PM ET 7-Year Note Auction, 4.092%
16:00 PM ET Fed Waller Speaks
16:30 PM ET Fed’s Balance Sheet, 6,620B
16:30 PM ET Reserve Balances with Federal Reserve Banks, 3.298T