Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs include Chevron (CVX) 197.97 (+0.57%). There were no Dow stocks hitting 52-week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be down -248 points.

Tuesday the Dow closed up +46.85 (+0.10%) at 46,993.26.

Year-to-date the Dow is down -2.23%.

Tuesday, (14) Dow stocks were up, none made 52-week lows, and (1) made 52-week highs.

The Dow stock winners Tuesday were led by IBM (IBM) 256.11 (+2.75%), Disney (DIS) 100.30 (+1.66%) and Amazon (AMZN) 215.20 (+1.63%).

The Dow stock losers Tuesday were led by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 238.11 (-2.09%), Salesforce (CRM) 195.31 (-1.53%) and AMgen (AMGN) 361.13 (-1.40%).

The VIX closed Tuesday at 22.39 (-4.76%) and the 10 YR at 4.206 (-0.45%). The VIX is currently at 23.22 (+3.80%). The 10YR is at 4.223 (+0.48%).

Stock futures fell after a hotter-than-expected producer price index reading and as traders awaited the Federal Reserve’s rate policy decision.

Wholesale prices rose sharply in February, providing another sign that inflation continues to percolate even aside from rising energy prices. The producer price index, a measure of pipeline costs that producers receive for their products, increased a seasonally adjusted 0.7% on the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. Excluding volatile food and energy costs, so-called core PPI increased 0.5%. Excluding food, energy and trade services, PPI rose 0.5%. Economists had been looking for increases of 0.3% for both measures.

U.S. oil futures were higher on the day, with West Texas Intermediate futures up more than 1% at $97 per barrel. International benchmark Brent crude rose more than 4% at almost $107 a barrel.

Investors are now looking ahead to the Fed’s interest rate decision this afternoon. Markets are expecting the central bank to keep interest rates unchanged in a range between 3.5% to 3.75%. Traders will be watching for any guidance from Fed Chair Jerome Powell on whether oil prices could impact future monetary policy.

Nvidia (NVDA) rose nearly 1% after Reuters reported, citing sources, that the chipmaker got approval from the Chinese government to sell its H200 chips in China. The company is also reportedly preparing to make available in China a version of its Groq AI chip.

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

The national average price of gasoline is up 5.2 cents at $3.842 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Nike (NKE) reports earnings on 3/31/26 after the market close.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Cisco (CSCO)

Cisco (CSCO) 79.27 (+0.47%) is up +2.91% in 2026.

Financial Calendar

07:00 AM ET MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate, 6.19%
07:00 AM ET MBA Mortgage Applications (WoW), 3.2%
07:00 AM ET MBA Purchase Index, 171.3
07:00 AM ET Mortgage Market Index, 389.6
07:00 AM ET Mortgage Refinance Index, 1,646.3
08:30 AM ET Core PPI (MoM) (Feb), 0.3%, 0.8%
08:30 AM ET Core PPI (YoY) (Feb), 3.7%, 3.6%
08:30 AM ET PPI (YoY) (Feb), 2.9%, 2.9%
08:30 AM ET PPI (MoM) (Feb), 0.3%, 0.5%
08:30 AM ET PPI ex. Food/Energy/Transport (YoY) (Feb), 3.4%
08:30 AM ET PPI ex. Food/Energy/Transport (MoM) (Feb), 0.3%
10:00 AM ET Durables Excluding Defense (MoM) (Jan), 0.5%
10:00 AM ET Durables Excluding Transport (MoM) (Jan), 0.4%
10:00 AM ET Factory Orders (MoM) (Jan), 0.1%, -0.7%
10:00 AM ET Factory orders ex transportation (MoM) (Jan), 0.4%
10:30 AM ET Crude Oil Inventories, 0.400M, 3.824M
10:30 AM ET EIA Refinery Crude Runs (WoW), 0.328M
10:30 AM ET Crude Oil Imports, 0.661M
10:30 AM ET Cushing Crude Oil Inventories, 0.117M
10:30 AM ET Distillate Fuel Production, 0.132M
10:30 AM ET EIA Weekly Distillates Stocks, -1.349M
10:30 AM ET Gasoline Production, 0.554M
10:30 AM ET Heating Oil Stockpiles, 0.228M
10:30 AM ET EIA Weekly Refinery Utilization Rates (WoW), 1.6%
10:30 AM ET Gasoline Inventories, -3.654M
14:00 PM ET Interest Rate Projection – 1st Yr (Q1), 3.4%
14:00 PM ET Interest Rate Projection – 2nd Yr (Q1), 3.1%
14:00 PM ET Interest Rate Projection – Current (Q1), 3.6%
14:00 PM ET Interest Rate Projection – Longer (Q1), 3.0%
14:00 PM ET FOMC Economic Projections
14:00 PM ET FOMC Statement
14:00 PM ET Fed Interest Rate Decision, 3.75%, 3.75%
14:30 PM ET FOMC Press Conference
16:00 PM ET US Foreign Buying, T-bonds (Jan), -41.60B
16:00 PM ET Overall Net Capital Flow (Jan), 44.90B
16:00 PM ET TIC Net Long-Term Transactions (Jan), 71.6B, 28.0B
16:00 PM ET TIC Net Long-Term Transactions including Swaps (Jan), 28.00B