There were no Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs. There were no Dow stock 52-week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be up +238 points.

Friday the Dow closed up +238.37 (+0.52%) at 46,190.61.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +8.57%.

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

The Dow stock winners Friday were led by Salesforce (CRM) 246.00 (+3.98%), Procter & Gamble (PG) 149.60 (+1.48%) and Caterpillar (CAT) 540.96 (+1.29%).

The Dow stock losers Friday were led by Visa (V) 335.40 (-2.98%), Travelers (TRV) 261.57 (-2.92%) and Nike (NKE) 66.84 (-2.37%).

The VIX closed Friday at 20.78 (-17.90%) and the 10 YR at 4.008 (+0.02%). The VIX is currently at 20.10 (-3.27%). The 10YR is at 3.994 (-0.42%).

The market panicked last week after Zions and Western Alliance disclosed issues tied to bad loans, leading shares of several financial heavyweights and regional banks to swing lower before they rebounded on Friday.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday that he thinks “things have de-escalated” with China and that he will likely be meeting with counterpart Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in the coming week. These comments suggested to traders that Trump’s threat of an additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports beginning Nov. 1 may not happen.

So this morning, things are looking higher.

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

The national average price of gasoline is unchanged at $3.036 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) reported earnings on 10/16/2025 before the market open with $8.14, beating estimates of $6.008per share.

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

Visa (V)

Visa (V) 341.89 (+1.94%) is up +8.18% in 2025.

Financial Calendar

10:00 AM ET Business Inventories (MoM) (Aug), 0.1% 0.2%
10:00 AM ET Capacity Utilization Rate (Sep), 77.3%, 77.4%
10:00 AM ET Industrial Production (YoY) (Sep), 0.87%
10:00 AM ET Industrial Production (MoM) (Sep), 0.1%, 0.1%
10:00 AM ET Manufacturing Production (MoM) (Sep), 0.2%
10:00 AM ET Retail Inventories Ex Auto (Aug), 0.3%, 0.3%
10:00 AM ET US Leading Index (MoM) (Sep), 0.1%, -0.5%
11:30 AM ET 3-Month Bill Auction, 3.845%
11:30 AM ET 6-Month Bill Auction, 3.685%
17:00 PM ET US Foreign Buying, T-bonds (Aug), 58.20B
17:00 PM ET Overall Net Capital Flow (Aug), 2.10B
17:00 PM ET TIC Net Long-Term Transactions (Aug), 49.2B
17:00 PM ET TIC Net Long-Term Transactions including Swaps (Aug), 49.20B