{"id":55393,"date":"2025-10-31T16:09:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T20:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-advances-on-strong-tech-earnings-amazon-leads-rally\/55393\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T16:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T20:09:19","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-advances-on-strong-tech-earnings-amazon-leads-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-advances-on-strong-tech-earnings-amazon-leads-rally\/55393\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Advances on Strong Tech Earnings, Amazon Leads Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/indices\/dowjones\/today\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Dow Jones Today\">Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average (^DJI)<\/strong> was up <strong>40.75 (0.0857%)<\/strong> points today, closing at <strong>47562.87<\/strong>, as U.S. equities largely rebounded from yesterday&#39;s slump. The primary narrative driving the market on Friday, October 31st, 2025, was a wave of <strong>strong quarterly earnings reports<\/strong> from major technology companies, most notably <strong>Amazon (<a href=\"\/stock\/AMZN\">AMZN<\/a>)<\/strong> and <strong>Apple (<a href=\"\/stock\/AAPL\">AAPL<\/a>)<\/strong>. This positive sentiment helped to offset lingering concerns from disappointing earnings reports earlier in the week from <strong>Meta Platforms<\/strong> and <strong>Microsoft (<a href=\"\/stock\/MSFT\">MSFT<\/a>)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazon&#39;s (<a href=\"\/stock\/AMZN\">AMZN<\/a>)<\/strong> exceptional performance, with shares soaring over <strong>11%<\/strong> after reporting profits that blew past analyst expectations, was a significant catalyst. The retail giant&#39;s booming cloud-computing business, <strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)<\/strong>, saw reaccelerated growth, a key factor in its strong showing. <strong>Apple (<a href=\"\/stock\/AAPL\">AAPL<\/a>)<\/strong> also contributed positively, delivering better-than-expected profit and forecasting a record holiday quarter, further bolstering investor confidence in the tech sector.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of today&#39;s market dynamics, <strong>Amazon (<a href=\"\/stock\/AMZN\">AMZN<\/a>)<\/strong> emerged as the biggest gainer among the Dow stocks, climbing <strong>11.13%<\/strong> to close at <strong>$247.9150<\/strong>. Other notable gainers included <strong>Chevron (<a href=\"\/stock\/CVX\">CVX<\/a>)<\/strong>, which rose <strong>3.29%<\/strong> to <strong>$158.5500<\/strong>, and <strong>Verizon (<a href=\"\/stock\/VZ\">VZ<\/a>)<\/strong>, up <strong>2.01%<\/strong> to <strong>$39.7250<\/strong>. Conversely, <strong>Microsoft (<a href=\"\/stock\/MSFT\">MSFT<\/a>)<\/strong> was among the biggest losers, declining <strong>1.71%<\/strong> to <strong>$516.8500<\/strong>. <strong>UnitedHealth Group (<a href=\"\/stock\/UNH\">UNH<\/a>)<\/strong> fell <strong>1.45%<\/strong> to <strong>$339.5800<\/strong>, and <strong>McDonald&#39;s (<a href=\"\/stock\/MCD\">MCD<\/a>)<\/strong> dropped <strong>1.34%<\/strong> to <strong>$298.2800<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was up 40.75 (0.0857%) points today, closing at 47562.87, as U.S. equities largely rebounded 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