February 17, 2015: Markets opened lower on Tuesday and finished the morning with a loss. Afternoon trading turned stocks higher on little economic news. Crude oil prices rose today after dipping more than 2% in the early going. Shortly before the closing bell the DJIA traded flat for the day, the S&P 500 traded flat, and the Nasdaq Composite traded down 0.06%.

The DJIA stock posting the largest daily percentage gain ahead of the close Tuesday was American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) which traded up 1.27% at $79.07. The stock’s 52-week range is $77.12 to $96.24. Trading volume was about 3-times the daily average of around 1.5 million shares. The company posted a new 52-week low early Tuesday, but staged a comeback beginning in the late morning. Buying on the dip perhaps?

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) traded up 0.77% at $34.62. The stock’s 52-week range is $24.30 to $37.90. Trading volume was less than half the daily average of around 30 million shares. The chipmaker had no specific news today.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) traded up 0.64% at $60.05. The stock’s 52-week range is $52.97 to $63.49. Trading volume was about 25% below the daily average of around 35 million shares. The company was named today as the bank with the highest systemic risk score in the initial ranking of 33 large U.S. banks by the Treasury Department.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) traded higher by 0.64% at $100.25. The stock’s 52-week range is $90.66 to $109.49. Trading volume was about 25% below the daily average of around 8.9 million shares. The company had no specific news today.

Of the Dow 30 stocks 17 are set to close lower today and 13 are on track to close higher.

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