Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs include McDonald’s (MCD) 334.53 (+0.46%). There were no Dow stocks hitting 52-week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be down -510 points.

Thursday the Dow closed up +17.05 (+0.03%) at 49,499.20.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +2.99%.

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

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Salesforce (CRM) 199.47 (+4.03%), American Express (AXP) 335.32 (+2.52%) and IBM (IBM) 242.01 (+1.88%).

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Nvidia (NVDA) 184.89 (-5.46%), Merck (MRK) 119.30 (-2.58%) and Caterpillar (CAT) 752.93 (-1.78%).

The VIX closed Thursday at 18.63 (+3.90%) and the 10 YR at 4.013 (-0.89%). The VIX is currently at 21.28 (+18.68%). The 10YR is at 3.985 (-1.56%).

January’s producer price index, which is a measure of wholesale inflation, showed a 0.5% increase for the month. Economists polled by Dow Jones saw the headline reading coming in at 0.3%. Perhaps more concerning is the core PPI reading, which excludes food and energy prices, recorded a 0.8% gain, much more than the 0.3% rise economists anticipated.

Nvidia (NVDA) extended its post-earnings slide, falling 1% in premarket trading. In the prior trading day, the stock shed more than 5%, which came to a surprise to many investors, who remain bullish on the chipmaker given its blowout fourth-quarter results and upcoming product cycle.

The 10-year Treasury yield moved below the 4% level heading into Friday’s release of January’s producer price index reading.

Optimism about the six-month outlook for stocks fell for a fourth straight week, according to the latest weekly survey by the American Association of Individual Investors. Bullish investors now account for only a third, 33.2%, of those sampled by AAII, down from 34.5% last week; 38.5% two weeks ago; 39.7% in the week ended Feb. 4 and a recent high of 44.4% in the week ended Jan. 28.

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

The national average price of gasoline is up eight-tenths of a cent at $2.983 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) reported earnings on 2/19/2026 before the market open with $0.74, beating estimates for $0.73 per share.

Home Depot (HD) reported earnings on 2/24/2026 before the market open with $2.72, beating estimates for $2.54 per share.

Nvidia (NVDA) reported earnings on 2/25/2026 after the market close with $1.62, beating estimates for $1.452 per share.

Salesforce (CRM) reported earnings on 2/25/2026 after the market close with $3.81, beating estimates for $2.142 per share.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Sherwin Williams (SHW)

Sherwin Williams (SHW) 360.50 (+0.91%) is up +11.26% in 2026.

Financial Calendar

08:30 AM ET Core PPI (MoM) (Jan), 0.3%, 0.7%
08:30 AM ET Core PPI (YoY) (Jan), 3.0%, 3.3%
08:30 AM ET PPI (MoM) (Jan), 0.3%, 0.5%
08:30 AM ET PPI (YoY) (Jan), 2.6%, 3.0% 08:30 AM ET PPI ex. Food/Energy/Transport (YoY) (Jan), 3.5%
08:30 AM ET PPI ex. Food/Energy/Transport (MoM) (Jan), 0.4%
09:45 AM ET Chicago PMI (Feb), 52.2, 54.0
10:00 AM ET Construction Spending (MoM) (Dec), 0.2%, 0.5%
11:30 AM ET Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q1), 3.1%, 3.1%
13:00 PM ET U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count, 409
13:00 PM ET U.S. Baker Hughes Total Rig Count, 551
15:30 PM ET CFTC Aluminium speculative net positions, -2.7K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Copper speculative net positions, 59.3K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Corn speculative net positions, -7.8K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions, 141.3K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Gold speculative net positions, 159.9K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Nasdaq 100 speculative net positions, 24.4K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Natural Gas speculative net positions, -185.8K
15:30 PM ET CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions, -177.8K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Silver speculative net positions, 24.0K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Soybeans speculative net positions, 191.8K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Wheat speculative net positions, -55.1K