7 Stocks you need to know for Thursday

The Dow added 109.44. The Nasdaq Composite gained 1.08. And the S&P 500 ended the day up 10.56.

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday.

Harley-Davidson (HOG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) reports quarterly earnings Thursday morning before the market opens. Analysts are expecting EPS of 52 cents.

Also reporting earnings before the bell on Thursday are JP Morgan Chase (JPM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), which is expected to announce earnings per share of 31 cents, and Southwest Airlines (LUV | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), which is expected to report per share earnings of three cents.

Procter & Gamble (PG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced an increase in its quarterly dividend to 44 cents per share, an increase of 10%. The stock was higher on Wednesday after closing lower for four out of the past five trading days.

After a brief one-day pullback, American Express (AXP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) soared higher on Wednesday, gaining more than 11% and closing in on its 200-day moving average.

EPS of 4.21 or better is what analysts are hoping to hear from Google (GOOG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) when it reports quarterly earnings after the market closes on Thursday.

After the market closes on Thursday, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is expected to announced quarterly earnings of 1.05.