Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs include Caterpillar (CAT) 534.05 (+1.25%) and Walmart (WMT) 109.03 (+1.70%). There are no Dow stock 52-week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be up +156 points.

Wednesday the Dow closed down -17.15 (-0.04%) at 46,253.31.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +8.72%.

Wednesday, (14) Dow stocks were up, none made 52-week lows, and (2) made 52-week highs.

The Dow stock winners Wednesday were led by Walmart (WMT) 109.03 (+1.70%), IBM (IBM) 280.75 (+1.67%) and Cisco (CSCO) 69.52 (+1.25%).

The Dow stock losers Tuesday were led by Honeywell (HON) 202.50 (-2.93%), Travelers (TRV) 269.45 (-2.25%) and Salesforce (CRM) 236.58 (-1.33%).

The VIX closed Tuesday at 20.64 (-0.82%) and the 10 YR at 4.033 (+0.25%). The VIX is currently at 20.02 (-3.00%). The 10YR is at 4.033 (-0.25%).

Nvidia (NVDA) shares were up 1.2% in premarket trading and Salesforce (CRM) shares jumped 6%.

Shares of business software maker Salesforce (CRM) rose after Wednesday’s market close, after the company offered refreshingly rosy guidance. The company issued new financial targets for the next few years and said it now expects over $60 billion in 2030, above the $58.37 billion consensus among analysts. Salesforce’s guidance excludes impact from the pending acquisition of data management company Informatica. Salesforce also called for an organic year-over-year revenue growth rate above 10% in the 2026 through 2030 fiscal years. The growth rate has been under 10% since mid-2024.

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

The national average price of gasoline is down one cent at $3.057 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Nike (NKE) reports earnings on 9/30/2025 after the market close with $0.49, beating estimates of $0.273 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 10/14/2025 before the market open with $12.25, beating estimates of $11.03 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 10/14/2025 before the market open with $2.80, beating estimates of $2.77 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 10/14/2025 before the market open with $5.07, beating estimates of $4.83 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reports earnings on 10/16/2025 before the market open.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 10/17/2025 before the market open.

3M (MMM) reports earnings on 10/21/2025 before the market open.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 10/21/2025 before the market open.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 10/21/2025 before the market open.

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 10/22/2025 after the market close.

Honeywell (HON) reports earnings on 10/23/2025 before the market open.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 10/24/2025 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 10/28/2025 before the market open.

Sherwin Williams (SHW) reports earnings on 10/28/2025 before the market open.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 10/28/2025 before the market open.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 10/28/2025 after the market close.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 10/29/2025 before the market open.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 10/29/2025 before the market open.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 10/29/2025 before the market open.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 10/29/2025 after the market close.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 10/30/2025 after the market close.

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

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 10/30/2025 after the market close.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 10/31/2025 before the market open.

Amgen (AMGN) reports earnings on 11/4/2025 after the market close.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 11/5/2025 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Travelers (TRV)

Travelers (TRV) 269.45 (-2.25%) is up +11.86% in 2025.

Financial Calendar

06:00 AM ET IMF Meetings
08:00 AM ET FOMC Member Barkin Speaks
08:30 AM ET Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (Oct), 8.6, 23.2
08:30 AM ET Philly Fed Business Conditions (Oct), 31.5
08:30 AM ET Philly Fed CAPEX Index (Oct), 12.50
08:30 AM ET Philly Fed Employment (Oct), 5.6
08:30 AM ET Philly Fed New Orders (Oct), 12.4
08:30 AM ET Philly Fed Prices Paid (Oct), 46.80
09:00 AM ET Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Barr Speaks
09:00 AM ET Fed Waller Speaks
10:00 AM ET Business Inventories (MoM) (Aug), 0.1%, 0.2%
10:00 AM ET FOMC Member Bowman Speaks
10:00 AM ET NAHB Housing Market Index (Oct), 33, 32
10:00 AM ET Retail Inventories Ex Auto (Aug), 0.3%, 0.3%
10:30 AM ET Natural Gas Storage, 76B, 80B
11:30 AM ET 4-Week Bill Auction, 4.030%
11:30 AM ET 8-Week Bill Auction, 3.955%
12:00 PM ET Crude Oil Inventories, 0.120M, 3.715M
12:00 PM ET EIA Refinery Crude Runs (WoW), 0.129M
12:00 PM ET Crude Oil Imports, 0.731M
12:00 PM ET Cushing Crude Oil Inventories, -0.763M
12:00 PM ET Distillate Fuel Production, 0.210M
12:00 PM ET EIA Weekly Distillates Stocks, -2.018M
12:00 PM ET Gasoline Production, 0.409M
12:00 PM ET Heating Oil Stockpiles, -0.060M
12:00 PM ET EIA Weekly Refinery Utilization Rates (WoW), 1.0%
12:00 PM ET Gasoline Inventories, -1.601M
12:45 PM ET FOMC Member Barkin Speaks
13:00 PM ET Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q3)
16:30 PM ET Fed’s Balance Sheet, 6,591B
16:30 PM ET Reserve Balances with Federal Reserve Banks, 3.034T
18:00 PM ET FOMC Member Kashkari Speaks