{"id":56539,"date":"2025-11-27T08:09:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodayus-market-pauses-for-thanksgiving-after-wednesdays-rate-cut-rally\/56539\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T08:09:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:09:22","slug":"dowjonestodayus-market-pauses-for-thanksgiving-after-wednesdays-rate-cut-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodayus-market-pauses-for-thanksgiving-after-wednesdays-rate-cut-rally\/56539\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]US Market Pauses for Thanksgiving After Wednesday&#8217;s Rate-Cut Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. stock market is <strong>closed today, Thursday, November 27, 2025<\/strong>, in observance of the <strong>Thanksgiving holiday<\/strong>. Trading activity will resume on Friday, November 28, with a shortened session. Therefore, the market summary reflects performance from the previous trading day, <strong>Wednesday, November 26, 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/indices\/dowjones\/today\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Dow Jones Today\">Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/%5EDJI\">^DJI<\/a>) was up <strong>314.67 points (0.67%)<\/strong>, reaching <strong>47,427.12<\/strong>. The main narrative driving market sentiment was the increasing anticipation of a <strong>Federal Reserve<\/strong> interest rate cut in December. This optimism was fueled by recent mixed economic data, including a softening labor market and some weaker business activity reports, reinforcing expectations for monetary easing. Technology and growth stocks, in particular, saw renewed enthusiasm, contributing significantly to the broader market&#39;s upward momentum.<\/p>\n<p>Among the <strong>Dow Jones<\/strong> components, several stocks posted significant gains on Wednesday. <strong>Boeing<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/BA\">BA<\/a>) led the advancers, climbing <strong>2.46%<\/strong>. <strong>Walmart<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/WMT\">WMT<\/a>) also performed strongly, rising <strong>2.07%<\/strong>, while <strong>Microsoft<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/MSFT\">MSFT<\/a>) increased by <strong>2.04%<\/strong>. Other notable gainers included <strong>Goldman Sachs<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/GS\">GS<\/a>), up <strong>1.71%<\/strong>, and <strong>JPMorgan Chase<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/JPM\">JPM<\/a>), which saw a <strong>1.64%<\/strong> rise. Conversely, <strong>Salesforce<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/CRM\">CRM<\/a>) was the biggest laggard, declining <strong>2.51%<\/strong>. <strong>Merck &amp; Co.<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/MRK\">MRK<\/a>) also experienced a downturn, falling <strong>0.73%<\/strong>, with <strong>3M<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/MMM\">MMM<\/a>) and <strong>Honeywell<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/HON\">HON<\/a>) both decreasing by <strong>0.43%<\/strong>. <strong>IBM<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/IBM\">IBM<\/a>) also saw a <strong>0.41%<\/strong> dip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. stock market is closed today, Thursday, November 27, 2025, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. 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