{"id":56556,"date":"2025-11-27T13:09:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T17:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-market-summary-thanksgiving-holiday-halts-trading-rate-cut-hopes-drove-wednesdays-gains\/56556\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T13:09:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T17:09:24","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-market-summary-thanksgiving-holiday-halts-trading-rate-cut-hopes-drove-wednesdays-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-market-summary-thanksgiving-holiday-halts-trading-rate-cut-hopes-drove-wednesdays-gains\/56556\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Market Summary: Thanksgiving Holiday Halts Trading, Rate Cut Hopes Drove Wednesday&#8217;s Gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. stock market is <strong>closed today, Thursday, November 27, 2025<\/strong>, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The provided market data reflects the trading session from <strong>Wednesday, November 26, 2025<\/strong>. On Wednesday, 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>314.67 (0.67%) points<\/strong>, reaching <strong>47427.12<\/strong>. Dow Futures (YM=F) was down <strong>1.00 (-0.0021%) points<\/strong>, trading at <strong>47489.00<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The strong performance on Wednesday was primarily driven by <strong>growing expectations of an interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve in December<\/strong>. This sentiment, coupled with a broad market rally, contributed to the positive momentum across various sectors. Analysts noted that the odds of a 25-basis-point reduction have risen following dovish remarks from several Fed officials, adding that recent data also gives the central bank room to ease policy further.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, several Dow components saw significant gains. <strong>Boeing<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/BA\">BA<\/a>) led the advance, surging <strong>2.46%<\/strong> to <strong>$186.92<\/strong>. Other notable gainers included <strong>Walmart<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/WMT\">WMT<\/a>), which rose <strong>2.07%<\/strong> to <strong>$109.10<\/strong>, and <strong>Microsoft<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/MSFT\">MSFT<\/a>), up <strong>2.04%<\/strong> to <strong>$485.50<\/strong>. Financial giants <strong>Goldman Sachs<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/GS\">GS<\/a>) and <strong>JPMorgan Chase<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/JPM\">JPM<\/a>) also performed strongly, increasing <strong>1.71%<\/strong> to <strong>$816.01<\/strong> and <strong>1.64%<\/strong> to <strong>$307.64<\/strong>, respectively. Conversely, <strong>Salesforce<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/CRM\">CRM<\/a>) was the biggest decliner, falling <strong>2.51%<\/strong> to <strong>$228.15<\/strong>. Other significant losers included <strong>Merck &amp; Co.<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/MRK\">MRK<\/a>), down <strong>0.73%<\/strong> to <strong>$104.63<\/strong>, <strong>3M Co.<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/MMM\">MMM<\/a>) and <strong>Honeywell International<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/HON\">HON<\/a>) both decreased <strong>0.43%<\/strong> to <strong>$170.80<\/strong> and <strong>$189.99<\/strong> respectively, and <strong>IBM<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/IBM\">IBM<\/a>) dropped <strong>0.41%<\/strong> to <strong>$303.21<\/strong>.<\/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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