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

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be up +241 points.

Wednesday the Dow closed down -228.29 (-0.47%) at 47,885.97.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +12.56%.

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

The Dow stock winners Wednesday were led by Chevron (CVX) 149.52 (+1.89%), Procter & Gamble (PG) 147.81 (+1.79%) and McDonald’s (MCD) 318.69 (+1.33%).

The Dow stock losers Wednesday were led by Caterpillar (CAT) 561.89 (-4.59%), Nvidia (NVDA) 65.69 (-3.81%) and Nike (NKE) 65.69 (-2.13%).

The VIX closed Wednesday at 17.62 (+6.92%) and the 10 YR at 4.156 (+0.02%). The VIX is currently at 16.62 (-5.68%). The 10YR is at 4.129 (-0.69%).

The delayed November consumer price index report – the first one issued to the public after the U.S. government shutdown ended last month – showed that the headline annual inflation rate was 2.7%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 12-month rate for core CPI, which excludes food and energy, was 2.6%. Economists had expected the rate for the headline measure and core CPI to come in at 3.1% and 3%, respectively. The report, which didn’t include month-over-month percent changes, was pushed back from its original release date of Dec. 10. The BLS had canceled the release of the October inflation report in late November as a result of the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown, meaning that Thursday’s reading did not have all the usual data points of a standard CPI report. The agency said it wasn’t able to retroactively collect the October data, though it was able to use “non-survey data sources” to make the index calculations.

Initial claims for unemployment insurance saw a decline last week from the prior period, the Labor Department reported on Thursday. First-time filings for the week ended Dec. 13 came in at 224,000, down from the previous week’s upwardly revised figure of 237,000. Economists had estimated 225,000 for the weekly period.

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

The national average price of gasoline is down nine-tenths of a cent at $2.896 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Nike (NKE) reports earnings on 12/18/2025 after the market close.

JPMorgan (JPM) reports earnings on 1/13/2026 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Disney (DIS)

Disney (DIS) 110.63 (-0.89%) is down -0.65% in 2025.

Financial Calendar

08:30 AM ET Continuing Jobless Claims, 1,930K, 1,838K
08:30 AM ET Core CPI (MoM) (Nov), 0.3%, 0.2%
08:30 AM ET Core CPI (YoY) (Nov), 3.0%, 3.0%
08:30 AM ET Core CPI Index (Nov), 330.54
08:30 AM ET CPI (MoM) (Nov), 0.3%, 0.3%
08:30 AM ET CPI (YoY) (Nov), 3.1%, 3.0%
08:30 AM ET CPI Index, n.s.a. (Nov), 325.13, 324.80
08:30 AM ET CPI Index, s.a (Nov), 324.37
08:30 AM ET CPI, n.s.a (MoM) (Nov), 0.25%
08:30 AM ET Initial Jobless Claims, 224K, 236K
08:30 AM ET Jobless Claims 4-Week Avg., 216.75K
08:30 AM ET Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (Dec), 2.5, -1.7
08:30 AM ET Philly Fed Business Conditions (Dec), 49.6
08:30 AM ET Philly Fed CAPEX Index (Dec), 26.70
08:30 AM ET Philly Fed Employment (Dec), 6.0
08:30 AM ET Philly Fed New Orders (Dec), -8.6
08:30 AM ET Philly Fed Prices Paid (Dec), 56.10
08:30 AM ET Real Earnings (MoM) (Nov), -0.1%
10:30 AM ET Natural Gas Storage, -176B, -177B
11:00 AM ET Cleveland CPI (MoM) (Nov), 0.2%
11:00 AM ET KC Fed Composite Index (Dec), 8
11:00 AM ET KC Fed Manufacturing Index (Dec), 18
11:30 AM ET 4-Week Bill Auction, 3.610%
11:30 AM ET 8-Week Bill Auction, 3.610%
16:00 PM ET US Foreign Buying, T-bonds (Oct), 25.50B
16:00 PM ET Overall Net Capital Flow (Oct), 190.10B
16:00 PM ET TIC Net Long-Term Transactions (Oct), 122.7B, 179.8B
16:00 PM ET TIC Net Long-Term Transactions including Swaps (Oct), 179.80B
16:30 PM ET Fed’s Balance Sheet, 6,539B
16:30 PM ET Reserve Balances with Federal Reserve Banks, 2.974T