{"id":57983,"date":"2026-01-23T10:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-advances-as-geopolitical-tensions-ease-tech-sector-shows-mixed-signals\/57983\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:09:21","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-advances-as-geopolitical-tensions-ease-tech-sector-shows-mixed-signals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-advances-as-geopolitical-tensions-ease-tech-sector-shows-mixed-signals\/57983\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Advances as Geopolitical Tensions Ease, Tech Sector Shows Mixed Signals"},"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<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/%5EDJI\">^DJI<\/a>) was up <strong>306.78 (0.6251%)<\/strong> points today, continuing a positive trend despite earlier indications from futures. This upward movement for the blue-chip index follows a two-day rally in U.S. equities. In contrast, <strong>Dow Futures<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/YM=F\">YM=F<\/a>) was down <strong>245.00 (-0.4944%)<\/strong> points, suggesting some caution in <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/movers\/premarket\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Premarket Movers\">pre-market trading<\/a> that did not translate to the overall index&#39;s performance during the session.<\/p>\n<p>The primary narrative driving the <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/live\/stock-market-today\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Stock Market Today\">market today<\/a> was the continued relief from easing geopolitical tensions. Specifically, U.S. President Donald Trump&#39;s decision to call off tariffs on European countries, initially threatened over Greenland, fueled a broad-based &quot;relief rally&quot; that extended into Friday&#39;s trading. While this provided a tailwind for many sectors, the technology segment experienced mixed signals, partly due to weaker guidance issued by <strong>Intel<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/INTC\">INTC<\/a>) after market close on Thursday, which impacted other semiconductor companies.<\/p>\n<p>Among the Dow&#39;s components, <strong>3M Company<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/MMM\">MMM<\/a>) led the gainers, surging by <strong>3.57%<\/strong>. Other strong performers included <strong>Salesforce<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/CRM\">CRM<\/a>), which rose by <strong>2.94%<\/strong>, and <strong>Procter &amp; Gamble<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/PG\">PG<\/a>), up <strong>2.88%<\/strong>. <strong>Travelers Companies<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/TRV\">TRV<\/a>) and <strong>Microsoft<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/MSFT\">MSFT<\/a>) also saw notable gains, increasing by <strong>2.14%<\/strong> and <strong>1.80%<\/strong> respectively. On the downside, <strong>Merck &amp; Co.<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/MRK\">MRK<\/a>) was the biggest laggard, declining by <strong>1.74%<\/strong>. <strong>Sherwin-Williams<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/SHW\">SHW<\/a>) fell <strong>1.59%<\/strong>, while <strong>Walmart<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/WMT\">WMT<\/a>), <strong>IBM<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/IBM\">IBM<\/a>), and <strong>Home Depot<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/HD\">HD<\/a>) also experienced losses of <strong>1.09%<\/strong>, <strong>0.96%<\/strong>, and <strong>0.78%<\/strong> respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was up 306.78 (0.6251%) points today, continuing a positive trend despite earlier indications from 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