{"id":59879,"date":"2026-03-17T14:10:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-gains-153-points-as-investors-weigh-fed-meeting-and-geopolitical-tensions\/59879\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:10:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:10:04","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-gains-153-points-as-investors-weigh-fed-meeting-and-geopolitical-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-gains-153-points-as-investors-weigh-fed-meeting-and-geopolitical-tensions\/59879\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Gains 153 Points as Investors Weigh Fed Meeting and Geopolitical Tensions"},"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>153.22 (0.33%)<\/strong> points today, reaching <strong>47,099.63<\/strong>, while <strong>Dow Futures (YM=F)<\/strong> was up <strong>127.00 (0.27%)<\/strong> points at <strong>47,416.00<\/strong>. The primary narrative driving the market is the commencement of the <strong>Federal Reserve&#39;s<\/strong> two-day policy meeting amid a complex geopolitical backdrop. Investors are currently navigating a &quot;relief bounce&quot; as oil prices stabilized following recent spikes linked to Middle East tensions. This cautious optimism has led to a rotation into cyclical and growth-oriented sectors, even as participants await the <strong>Fed&#39;s<\/strong> interest rate decision and updated economic projections tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the blue-chip index, <strong>IBM (<a href=\"\/stock\/IBM\">IBM<\/a>)<\/strong> was up <strong>1.92%<\/strong> to <strong>$254.10<\/strong>, buoyed by strong enterprise AI adoption metrics. <strong>The Walt Disney Company (<a href=\"\/stock\/DIS\">DIS<\/a>)<\/strong> followed closely, up <strong>1.77%<\/strong> to <strong>$100.36<\/strong> as improved streaming subscriber forecasts lifted sentiment. The financial sector also provided significant support; <strong>Goldman Sachs (<a href=\"\/stock\/GS\">GS<\/a>)<\/strong> was up <strong>1.57%<\/strong> to <strong>$807.47<\/strong>, and <strong>American Express (<a href=\"\/stock\/AXP\">AXP<\/a>)<\/strong> was up <strong>1.44%<\/strong> to <strong>$302.46<\/strong>, reflecting resilience in consumer spending. Other notable gainers included <strong>Cisco Systems (<a href=\"\/stock\/CSCO\">CSCO<\/a>)<\/strong>, up <strong>1.19%<\/strong> to <strong>$79.83<\/strong>, and <strong>Amazon (<a href=\"\/stock\/AMZN\">AMZN<\/a>)<\/strong>, up <strong>1.03%<\/strong> to <strong>$214.05<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, defensive sectors faced selling pressure as capital shifted toward higher-beta assets. <strong>Johnson &amp; Johnson (<a href=\"\/stock\/JNJ\">JNJ<\/a>)<\/strong> was down <strong>1.53%<\/strong> to <strong>$239.52<\/strong>, and <strong>Amgen (<a href=\"\/stock\/AMGN\">AMGN<\/a>)<\/strong> was down <strong>1.44%<\/strong> to <strong>$360.76<\/strong>, acting as the primary drags on the index. Industrial conglomerate <strong>Honeywell (<a href=\"\/stock\/HON\">HON<\/a>)<\/strong> was down <strong>1.39%<\/strong> to <strong>$231.24<\/strong>, while <strong>Salesforce (<a href=\"\/stock\/CRM\">CRM<\/a>)<\/strong> was down <strong>1.08%<\/strong> to <strong>$196.19<\/strong>. <strong>Boeing (<a href=\"\/stock\/BA\">BA<\/a>)<\/strong> also struggled, down <strong>1.02%<\/strong> to <strong>$211.38<\/strong>. Market tone remains positive as traders await the <strong>Fed&#39;s<\/strong> official statement tomorrow afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was up 153.22 (0.33%) points today, reaching 47,099.63, while Dow Futures (YM=F) was up [&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":[293,809,3016,4350,4380],"class_list":["post-59879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snippets-dow-jones","tag-ibm","tag-dis","tag-dji","tag-dow-jones","tag-stock-market"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59879","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=59879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59879\/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=59879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}