{"id":59860,"date":"2026-03-17T07:09:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-rallies-as-cooling-inflation-fuels-rate-cut-optimism\/59860\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T07:09:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:09:34","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-rallies-as-cooling-inflation-fuels-rate-cut-optimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-rallies-as-cooling-inflation-fuels-rate-cut-optimism\/59860\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Rallies as Cooling Inflation Fuels Rate Cut Optimism"},"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 up <strong>387.94 (0.83%)<\/strong> points today, reaching <strong>46,946.41<\/strong>, as investors reacted to cooling inflation data that bolstered hopes for a <strong>Federal Reserve<\/strong> rate cut. While the index saw strong gains, <strong>Dow Futures (YM=F)<\/strong> was down <strong>58.00 (-0.12%)<\/strong> points today, suggesting slight caution in extended trading. The primary narrative driving the market was the <strong>February Consumer Price Index (CPI)<\/strong> report, which signaled a faster-than-anticipated return to price stability. This macroeconomic tailwind sparked a broad-based rally across high-growth tech and cyclical industrials.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the gains was Salesforce (<a href=\"\/stock\/CRM\">CRM<\/a>), which was up <strong>2.78%<\/strong> to <strong>$198.34<\/strong> following reports of record enterprise adoption for its latest <strong>AI software<\/strong> suite. Tech giant Amazon (<a href=\"\/stock\/AMZN\">AMZN<\/a>) was up <strong>1.77%<\/strong> to <strong>$211.74<\/strong>, benefiting from improved consumer sentiment and lower projected borrowing costs. In the industrial sector, Boeing (<a href=\"\/stock\/BA\">BA<\/a>) was up <strong>1.71%<\/strong> to <strong>$213.47<\/strong> after announcing a significant new aircraft order from a major international carrier. Other notable performers included Nike (<a href=\"\/stock\/NKE\">NKE<\/a>), up <strong>1.69%<\/strong> to <strong>$54.79<\/strong>, and Goldman Sachs (<a href=\"\/stock\/GS\">GS<\/a>), which was up <strong>1.56%<\/strong> to <strong>$794.77<\/strong> as investment banking activity expectations rose.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, defensive sectors faced pressure as capital rotated into growth stocks. Verizon (<a href=\"\/stock\/VZ\">VZ<\/a>) was down <strong>0.83%<\/strong> to <strong>$50.97<\/strong>, making it the day&#39;s biggest laggard. Media giant Disney (<a href=\"\/stock\/DIS\">DIS<\/a>) was down <strong>0.68%<\/strong> to <strong>$98.66<\/strong> amid concerns over rising production costs. Other losers included 3M (<a href=\"\/stock\/MMM\">MMM<\/a>), down <strong>0.67%<\/strong> to <strong>$149.95<\/strong>, and Walmart (<a href=\"\/stock\/WMT\">WMT<\/a>), down <strong>0.61%<\/strong> to <strong>$125.99<\/strong>, as investors pivoted away from traditional value plays toward high-momentum leaders. This shift reflects a broader market confidence in a &quot;soft landing&quot; for the American economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was up 387.94 (0.83%) points today, reaching 46,946.41, as investors reacted to cooling inflation [&hellip;]<\/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":[17736],"tags":[75,391,3016,3712,3767,4350],"class_list":["post-59860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snippets-dow-jones","tag-crm","tag-amzn","tag-dji","tag-cpi","tag-ba","tag-dow-jones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59860","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=59860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59860\/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=59860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}