{"id":56210,"date":"2025-11-20T15:09:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-experiences-volatile-session-amid-nvidia-earnings-and-mixed-jobs-data\/56210\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:09:29","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-experiences-volatile-session-amid-nvidia-earnings-and-mixed-jobs-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-experiences-volatile-session-amid-nvidia-earnings-and-mixed-jobs-data\/56210\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Experiences Volatile Session Amid Nvidia Earnings and Mixed Jobs Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/dowjones\/today.aspx\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Dow Jones Today\">Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average (^DJI)<\/strong> was down <strong>340.51 points (-0.7380%) today<\/strong>, experiencing a volatile session on Thursday, November 20, 2025. Dow Futures (<a href=\"\/stock\/YM=F\">YM=F<\/a>) also indicated a decline, down <strong>349.00 points (-0.7553%)<\/strong>. The market initially rallied, driven by positive sentiment from key corporate earnings and economic data, but later surrendered these gains, turning negative by midday.<\/p>\n<p>The primary narrative influencing the market&#39;s initial surge was the stronger-than-expected earnings report from <strong>Nvidia<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/NVDA\">NVDA<\/a>), which helped alleviate concerns about a potential AI bubble and boosted broader technology stocks. This was coupled with a <strong>mixed September jobs report<\/strong>, delayed due to a government shutdown, revealing the U.S. economy added <strong>119,000 jobs<\/strong>, surpassing forecasts, while the unemployment rate edged up slightly to <strong>4.4%<\/strong>. This combination of corporate performance and economic data kept alive hopes for potential Federal Reserve interest rate cuts, initially fueling investor optimism.<\/p>\n<p>Among the Dow components, <strong>Walmart<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/WMT\">WMT<\/a>) emerged as the biggest gainer, surging <strong>+6.15%<\/strong> after reporting strong sales and profits that surpassed Wall Street expectations and raising its fiscal 2026 outlook. Other notable gainers included <strong>IBM<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/IBM\">IBM<\/a>), up <strong>+1.59%<\/strong>, and <strong>UnitedHealth Group<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/UNH\">UNH<\/a>), rising <strong>+1.55%<\/strong>. Conversely, <strong>Boeing<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/BA\">BA<\/a>) was the biggest loser, falling <strong>-3.00%<\/strong>, followed by <strong>Cisco Systems<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/CSCO\">CSCO<\/a>), down <strong>-1.88%<\/strong>, and <strong>Amazon<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/AMZN\">AMZN<\/a>), which declined <strong>-1.56%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was down 340.51 points (-0.7380%) today, experiencing a volatile session on Thursday, November 20, 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