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 +581 points.

Thursday the Dow closed up +115.00 (+0.24%) at 48,578.72.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +1.07%.

Thursday, (17) Dow stocks were up, none made 52-week lows, and none made 52-week highs.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Verizon (VZ) 46.78 (+3.89%), Cisco (CSCO) 84.50 (+2.60%) and IBM (IBM) 251.00 (+2.53%).

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Boeing (BA) 218.88 (-2.26%), Merck (MRK) 115.46 (-2.07%) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 234.54 (-1.73%).

The VIX closed Thursday at 17.90 (-1.43%) and the 10 YR at 4.313 (+0.72%). The VIX is currently at 17.25 (-3.85%). The 10YR is at 4.243 (-1.58%).

Oil prices pulled back on Friday following Trump’s remarks that the Iran war “should be ending pretty soon” and as the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement gave investors hope that supply disruptions would ease. U.S. crude oil futures dropped 4% to $90.88 per barrel. International benchmark Brent declined 3% to $96.05 per barrel.

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

The national average price of gasoline is down 1.7 cents at $4.076 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 3/31/26 after the market close with $0.35, beating estimates for $0.29 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 4/13/26 before the market open with $17.55, beating estimates for $16.342 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 4/14/26 before the market open with $2.70, beating estimates for $2.671 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 4/14/26 before the market open with $5.94, beating estimates for $5.486 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 4/16/26 before the market open with $7.71, beating estimates for $6.976 per share.

3M (MMM) reports earnings on 4/21/26 before the market open.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 4/21/26 before the market open.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 4/22/26 before the market open.

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 4/22/26 after the market close.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 4/23/26 before the market open.

Honeywell (HON) reports earnings on 4/23/26 before the market open.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 4/24/26 before the market open.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 4/27/26 before the market open.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 4/28/26 before the market open.

Sherwin Williams (SHW) reports earnings on 4/28/26 before the market open.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 4/28/26 after the market close.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 4/29/26 after the market close.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 4/30/26 before the market open.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 4/30/26 before the market open.

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 4/30/26 after the market close.

Amgen (AMGN) reports earnings on 4/30/26 after the market close.

Amazon (AMZN) reports earnings on 4/30/26 after the market close.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 5/1/26 before the market open.

Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 5/6/26 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 5/7/26 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Verizon (VZ)

Verizon (VZ) 46.78 (+3.89%) is up +14.85% in 2026.

Financial Calendar

11:30 AM ET FOMC Member Daly Speaks
12:15 PM ET FOMC Member Barkin Speaks
13:00 PM ET U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count, 411
13:00 PM ET U.S. Baker Hughes Total Rig Count, 545
14:00 PM ET Fed Waller Speaks
15:30 PM ET CFTC Aluminium speculative net positions, 0.3K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Copper speculative net positions, 40.2K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Corn speculative net positions, 290.8K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions, 202.2K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Gold speculative net positions, 156.3K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Nasdaq 100 speculative net positions, 12.5K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Natural Gas speculative net positions, -184.0K
15:30 PM ET CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions, -45.7K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Silver speculative net positions, 23.4K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Soybeans speculative net positions, 208.5K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Wheat speculative net positions, -18.7K