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 +200 points.

Thursday the Dow closed up +613.92 (+1.19%) at 52,208.06.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +8.62%.

Thursday, (13) Dow stocks were up, none made 52-week lows, and none made 52-week highs.

The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Salesforce (CRM) 188.38 (+3.79%), Chevron (CVX) 191.86 (+2.28%) and Walmart (WMT) 114.22 (+0.99%).

The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by Caterpillar (CAT) 782.71 (-6.91%), Goldman Sachs (GS) 980.75 (-5.09%) and Nvidia (NVDA) 190.01 (-3.55%).

The VIX closed Thursday at 17.09 (-17.28%) and the 10 YR at 4.661 (+0.95%). The VIX is currently at 17.05 (-0.23%). The 10YR is at 4.694 (+1.67%).

Amazon (AMZN) surged 13% after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter revenue. The results, which were aided by the strength of its cloud-computing business, reinforced investor confidence in artificial intelligence spending.

Apple (AAPL) was more than 7% lower ahead of Friday’s opening bell. The firm’s fiscal third-quarter revenue topped expectations, helped by a 22% jump in iPhone sales, though a shortfall in service revenue pushed its stock lower.

Thursday Microsoft (MSFT) jumped +16% after the software giant posted stronger-than-expected Azure cloud growth.

Compensation paid to U.S. workers rose slightly more than expected in the second quarter but still lagged the pace of price increases. The employment cost index increased 0.9% for the April-through-June period, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. That was slightly above the 0.8% consensus estimate. On an annual basis, the index increased 3.4%, which was just below the 3.5% gain in the consumer price index, which is the BLS’ main inflation gauge.

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

The national average price of gasoline is up eight-tenths of a cent at $4.1060 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Nike (NKE) reported earnings on 6/30/26 after the market close with $0.72, beating estimates for $0.11 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 7/14/26 before the market open with $20.98, beating estimates for $14.473 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 7/14/26 before the market open with $7.70, beating estimates for $5.591 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 7/15/26 before the market open with $2.90, beating estimates for $2.85 per share.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reported earnings on 7/16/26 before the market open with $6.38, beating estimates for $4.874 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 7/17/26 before the market open with $10.04, beating estimates for $5.207 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 7/21/26 before the market open with $2.40, beating estimates for $2.271 per share.

Alphabet (GOOG) reported earnings on 7/22/26 after the market close with $9.11, beating estimates for $2.87 per share.

IBM (IBM) reported earnings on 7/22/26 after the market close with $2.93, beating estimates for $2.271 per share.

Honeywell (HON) reported earnings on 7/23/26 before the market open with $4.52, meeting estimates for $2.93 per share.

American Express (AXP) reports earnings on 7/24/26 before the market open with $4.53, beating estimates for $4.407 per share.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 7/28/26 before the market open with -$0.76, missing estimates for -$0.338 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reports earnings on 7/28/26 before the market open with $0.97, beating estimates for $0.92 per share.

Sherwin (SHW) reports earnings on 7/28/26 before the market open with $3.70, beating estimates for $3.52 per share.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 7/28/26 after the market close with $3.226, beating estimates for $3.32 per share.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 7/29/26 before the market open with $1.43, beating estimates for $1.413 per share.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 7/29/26 after the market close with $4.74, beating estimates for $4.209 per share.

Amazon (AMZN) reports earnings on 7/30/26 after the market close with $1.826, beating estimates for $5.75 per share.

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 7/30/26 after the market close.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 7/31/26 before the market open.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 8/4/26 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 8/4/26 before the market open.

Amgen (AMGN) reports earnings on 8/4/26 after the market close.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 8/4/26 after the market close.

Disney (DIS) reports earnings on 8/5/26 before the market open.

Cisco (CSCO) reports earnings on 8/12/26 after the market close.

Home Depot (HD) reports earnings on 8/18/26 before the market open.

Walmart (WMT) reports earnings on 8/20/26 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Chevron (CVX)

Chevron (CVX) 192.31 (+0.23%) is up +26.18% in 2026.

Financial Calendar

08:30 AM ET Employment Benefits (QoQ) (Q2), 1.20%
08:30 AM ET Employment Cost Index (QoQ) (Q2), 0.8%, 0.9%
08:30 AM ET Employment Wages (QoQ) (Q2), 0.80%
09:45 AM ET Chicago PMI (Jul), 56.7
10:00 AM ET Michigan 1-Year Inflation Expectations (Jul), 4.2%, 4.6%
10:00 AM ET Michigan 5-Year Inflation Expectations (Jul), 3.3%, 3.3%
10:00 AM ET Michigan Consumer Expectations (Jul), 54.0, 50.7
10:00 AM ET Michigan Consumer Sentiment (Jul), 54.4, 49.5
10:00 AM ET Michigan Current Conditions (Jul), 54.9, 47.7
13:00 PM ET U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count
13:00 PM ET U.S. Baker Hughes Total Rig Count
15:30 PM ET CFTC Aluminium speculative net positions, -0.6K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Copper speculative net positions, 74.0K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Corn speculative net positions, 186.7K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions, 81.7K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Gold speculative net positions, 183.9K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Nasdaq 100 speculative net positions, 4.5K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Natural Gas speculative net positions, -171.1K
15:30 PM ET CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions, -16.8K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Silver speculative net positions, 23.5K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Soybeans speculative net positions, 175.6K
15:30 PM ET CFTC Wheat speculative net positions, -7.0K