Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs include Caterpillar (CAT) 758.29 (-2.16%), Honeywell (HON) 239.83 (-1.18%), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 244.55 (+1.53%), Coca Cola (KO) 79.00 (+0.51%), McDonald’s (MCD) 332.08 (+2.74%), 3M (MMM) 174.61 (+1.02%), Verizon (VZ) 133.64 (+3.78% and Walmart (WMT) 133.64 (+3.78%). Dow stocks hitting 52-week lows include Salesforce (CRM) 185.43 (+0.23%).

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be up +5 points.

Thursday the Dow closed down -669.42 (-1.34%) at 49,451.98.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +2.89%.

Thursday, (11) Dow stocks were up, (1) made 52-week lows, and (8) made 52-week highs.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Walmart (WMT) 133.64 (+3.78%), McDonald’s (MCD) 332.08 (+2.74%) and UnitedHealth (UNH) 284.37 (+1.96%).

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Cisco (CSCO) 75.00 (-12.32%), Disney (DIS) 102.38 (-5.31%) and Apple (AAPL) 261.73 (-5.00%).

The VIX closed Thursday at 20.82 (+17.96%) and the 10 YR at 4.064 (-0.97%). The VIX is currently at 20.97 (+0.72%). The 10YR is at 4.163 (-0.41%).

The consumer price index for January accelerated 2.4% from the same time a year ago, down 0.3 percentage point from the prior month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. That pulled the inflation rate down to where it was the month after Trump in April 2025 announced aggressive tariffs on U.S. imports. Excluding food and energy, core CPI also was up 2.5%. Economists had been looking for an annual rate of 2.5% for both readings. On a monthly basis, the all-items index was up a seasonally adjusted 0.2% while core gained 0.3%. The forecast had been 0.3% for both. Though the category accounted for much of the CPI gain, shelter costs rose just 0.2% for the month, bringing the annual increase down to 3%. Elsewhere, food prices increased 0.2% as five of the six major grocery group categories posted gains. Energy fell 1.5% while vehicle prices also were muted, with new vehicles up just 0.1% and used cars and trucks falling 1.8%.

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

The national average price of gasoline is down four-tenths of a cent at $2.940 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 1/13/2026 before the market open with $4.63, missing estimates for $5.009 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 1/15/2026 before the market open with $14.01, beating estimates for $11.776 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 1/20/2026 before the market open with $1.83, beating estimates for $1.807 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 1/21/2026 before the market open with $2.46, beating estimates for $2.434 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 1/21/2026 before the market open with $11.13, beating estimates for $8.419 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reported earnings on 1/22/2026 before the market open with $1.88, beating estimates for $1.874 per share.

Boeing (BA) reported earnings on 1/27/2026 before the market open with $9.92, beating estimates for -$0.399 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 1/27/2026 before the market open with $2.11, beating estimates for $2.093 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 1/28/2026 after the market close with $4.52, beating estimates for $4.33 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings on 1/28/2026 after the market close with $4.14, beating estimates for $3.875 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) reported earnings on 1/29/2026 before the market open with $5.16, beating estimates for $4.674 per share.

Sherwin Williams (SHW) reported earnings on 1/29/2026 before the market open with $2.23, beating estimates for $2.122 per share.

Honeywell (HON) reported earnings on 1/29/2026 before the market open with $2.59, beating estimates for $2.527 per share.

Apple (AAPL) reported earnings on 1/29/2026 after the market close with $2.84, beating estimates for $2.654 per share.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 1/29/2026 after the market close with $3.17, beating estimates for $3.137 per share.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 1/30/2026 before the market open with $3.53, missing estimates for $3.554 per share.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 1/30/2026 before the market open with $1.52, beating estimates for $1.444 per share.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 1/30/2026 before the market open with $1.09, beating estimates for $1.061 per share.

Disney (DIS) reported earnings on 2/2/2026 before the market open with $1.63, beating estimates for $1.569 per share.

Merck (MRK) reported earnings on 2/3/2026 before the market open with $2.04, beating estimates for $2.028 per share.

Amgen (AMGN) reported earnings on 2/3/2026 after the market close with $5.29, beating estimates for $4.758 per share.

Amazon (AMZN) reported earnings on 2/5/2026 after the market close with $1.95, missing estimates for $1.978 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 2/10/2026 before the market open with $0.58, beating estimates for $0.565 per share.

McDonalds (MCD) reported earnings on 2/11/2026 before the market open with $3.12, beating estimates for $3.047 per share.

Cisco (CSCO) reported earnings on 2/11/2026 after the market close with $1.04, beating estimates for $0.82 per share.

Walmart (WMT) reports earnings on 2/19/2026 before the market open.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 2/24/2026 before the market open.

Nvidia (NVDA) reports earnings on 2/25/2026 after the market close.

Salesforce (CRM) reports earnings on 2/25/2026 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Coca Cola (KO)

Coca Cola (KO) 79.00 (+0.51%) is up +13.00% in 2026.

Financial Calendar

08:30 AM ET Core CPI (MoM) (Jan), 0.3%, 0.2%
08:30 AM ET Core CPI (YoY) (Jan), 2.5%, 2.6%
08:30 AM ET Core CPI Index (Jan), 331.86
08:30 AM ET CPI (MoM) (Jan), 0.3%, 0.3%
08:30 AM ET CPI (YoY) (Jan), 2.5%, 2.7%
08:30 AM ET CPI Index, n.s.a. (Jan), 325.41, 324.05
08:30 AM ET CPI Index, s.a (Jan), 326.03
08:30 AM ET CPI, n.s.a (MoM) (Jan), -0.02%
08:30 AM ET Real Earnings (MoM) (Jan), -0.3%
11:00 AM ET Cleveland CPI (MoM) (Jan), 0.3%
13:00 PM ET U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count, 412
13:00 PM ET U.S. Baker Hughes Total Rig Count, 551
15:30 PM ET CFTC Aluminium speculative net positions, -2.9K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Copper speculative net positions, 47.8K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Corn speculative net positions, -34.7K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions, 124.6K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Gold speculative net positions, 165.6K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Nasdaq 100 speculative net positions, 14.2K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Natural Gas speculative net positions, -172.3K
15:30 PM ET CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions, -132.9K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Silver speculative net positions, 25.9K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Soybeans speculative net positions, 64.2K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Wheat speculative net positions, -65.5K