{"id":58454,"date":"2026-02-13T08:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-slides-as-tech-sector-woes-weigh-on-the-market\/58454\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T08:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:09:18","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-slides-as-tech-sector-woes-weigh-on-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-slides-as-tech-sector-woes-weigh-on-the-market\/58454\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Slides as Tech Sector Woes Weigh on the Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average (^DJI)<\/strong> experienced a significant downturn today, with the index down 669.42<\/strong> points, a 1.34%<\/strong> decrease. The main catalyst for this negative sentiment appears to be a sharp sell-off in the technology sector, sparked by a dismal forecast from networking giant Cisco<\/strong> (CSCO<\/a>). The company's stock plummeted by 12.67%<\/strong> after it announced weaker-than-expected guidance for the upcoming quarter, raising concerns about a broader slowdown in tech spending. This news had a ripple effect across the sector, dragging down other major tech players and contributing to the overall market decline.<\/p>\n

The fallout from Cisco's<\/strong> announcement was evident in the performance of other Dow components. Apple<\/strong> (AAPL<\/a>) saw its shares fall by 5.50%<\/strong>, while IBM<\/strong> (IBM<\/a>) was down 5.06%<\/strong>. The negative sentiment wasn't confined to the tech sector, as financial stocks also took a hit. Goldman Sachs<\/strong> (GS<\/a>) and JPMorgan Chase<\/strong> (JPM<\/a>) were down 4.05%<\/strong> and 2.51%<\/strong>, respectively, as investors grew more cautious about the economic outlook. Other notable losers included Walt Disney<\/strong> (DIS<\/a>), which was down 5.43%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Despite the widespread downturn, a few companies managed to buck the trend. Retail giant Walmart<\/strong> (WMT<\/a>) was the day's top performer, with its stock rising by 3.39%<\/strong>. This suggests that investors may be rotating into more defensive sectors amidst the uncertainty in the tech industry. Other gainers included McDonald's<\/strong> (MCD<\/a>), which was up 2.67%<\/strong>, and UnitedHealth Group<\/strong> (UNH<\/a>), which saw a 1.74%<\/strong> increase in its stock price. These companies, often seen as more resilient during economic downturns, appeared to be a safe haven for investors on a volatile day for the market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) experienced a significant downturn today, with the index down 669.42 points, a 1.34% decrease. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"rank_math_schema_Article":[],"rank_math_focus_keyword":[],"rank_math_description":[],"financial_data_references":[],"stock_symbols_mentioned":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6803],"tags":[3016,4345,4350,4380,4901,5468,6063,6125,6181],"class_list":["post-58454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-summary-snippets","tag-dji","tag-tech-stocks","tag-dow-jones","tag-stock-market","tag-investing","tag-market-news","tag-walmart","tag-cisco","tag-apple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}