Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs include Goldman Sachs (GS) 751.22 (+0.21%). There were no Dow stock 52-week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be down -99 points.

Thursday the Dow closed up +71.67 (+0.16%) at 45,636.90.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +7.27%.

Thursday, (16) Dow stocks were up, none made 52-week lows, and (1) made 52-week highs.

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

The Dow stock losers Thursday 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 Thursday at 14.43 (-2.83%) and the 10 YR at 4.210 (+0.14%). The VIX is currently at 14.51 (+0.55%). The 10YR is at 4.219 (+0.36%).

The personal consumption expenditures price index rose in line with economist expectations. Headline PCE rose 0.2% month over month in July and 2.6% year over year. Core PCE, which strips out food and energy, climbed increased 0.3% month on month and 2.9% year on year, matching estimates. The core year-on-year figure marks a slight acceleration from June.

Caterpillar (CAT) shares lost nearly 3% in premarket trading after the company warned it could take a $1.5 billion-$1.8 billion hit this year due to tariffs.

Nvidia (NVDA) shares extended their recent losses, falling about 1% in the premarket, after the Wall Street Journal reported that Chinese e-ecommerce giant Alibaba has created a more advanced chip as it looks to fill the gap left by Nvidia running into issues around selling its chips in China.

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

The national average price of gasoline is down nine-tenths of a cent at $3.201 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.

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Financial Calendar

08:30 AM ET Core PCE Price Index (MoM) (Jul), 0.3% 0.3%
08:30 AM ET Core PCE Price Index (YoY) (Jul), 2.9%, 2.8%
08:30 AM ET Goods Trade Balance (Jul), -90.20B, -84.85B
08:30 AM ET PCE Price index (YoY) (Jul), 2.6%, 2.6%
08:30 AM ET PCE price index (MoM) (Jul), 0.2%, 0.3%
08:30 AM ET Personal Income (MoM) (Jul), 0.4%, 0.3%
08:30 AM ET Personal Spending (MoM) (Jul), 0.5%, 0.3%
08:30 AM ET Real Personal Consumption (MoM) (Jul), 0.1%
08:30 AM ET Retail Inventories Ex Auto (Jul), -0.1%
08:30 AM ET Wholesale Inventories (MoM) (Jul), 0.2%, 0.1%
09:00 AM ET Dallas Fed PCE (Jul), 3.40%
09:45 AM ET Chicago PMI (Aug), 46.6, 47.1
10:00 AM ET Michigan 1-Year Inflation Expectations (Aug), 4.9%, 4.9%
10:00 AM ET Michigan 5-Year Inflation Expectations (Aug), 3.9%, 3.4%
10:00 AM ET Michigan Consumer Expectations (Aug), 57.2, 57.7
10:00 AM ET Michigan Consumer Sentiment (Aug), 58.6, 61.7
10:00 AM ET Michigan Current Conditions (Aug), 60.9, 68.0
11:30 AM ET Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q3), 2.2%, 2.2%
13:00 PM ET U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count, 411
13:00 PM ET U.S. Baker Hughes Total Rig Count, 538
15:30 PM ET CFTC Aluminium speculative net positions, 1.1K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Copper speculative net positions, 26.0K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Corn speculative net positions, -133.2K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions, 120.2K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Gold speculative net positions, 212.6K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Nasdaq 100 speculative net positions, 33.8K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Natural Gas speculative net positions, -105.1K
15:30 PM ET CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions, -171.5K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Silver speculative net positions, 46.5K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Soybeans speculative net positions, -15.6K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Wheat speculative net positions, -89.0K