{"id":59886,"date":"2026-03-17T17:09:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T21:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-inches-higher-as-ibm-and-financials-lead-gains\/59886\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T17:09:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T21:09:57","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-inches-higher-as-ibm-and-financials-lead-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-inches-higher-as-ibm-and-financials-lead-gains\/59886\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Inches Higher as IBM and Financials Lead Gains"},"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 (<a href=\"\/stock\/%5EDJI\">^DJI<\/a>)<\/strong> was up <strong>46.85 (0.0998%)<\/strong> points today, closing at <strong>46,993.26<\/strong>. The primary narrative on <strong>Tuesday, March 17, 2026<\/strong>, focused on <strong>enterprise technology resilience<\/strong> and <strong>financial sector strength<\/strong>. Investors reacted positively to stabilizing <strong>inflationary data<\/strong>, which bolstered blue-chip tech and banking institutions. <strong>Dow Futures (YM=F)<\/strong> also traded higher by <strong>48.00 (0.1015%)<\/strong> points, signaling continued confidence in the blue-chip recovery throughout the trading session.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the index, <strong>IBM (<a href=\"\/stock\/IBM\">IBM<\/a>)<\/strong> surged <strong>2.20%<\/strong> to <strong>$254.42<\/strong> on strong <strong>AI consulting<\/strong> demand and cloud infrastructure growth. <strong>Disney (<a href=\"\/stock\/DIS\">DIS<\/a>)<\/strong> followed with a <strong>1.56%<\/strong> rise to <strong>$100.22<\/strong>. Financials provided support as <strong>Goldman Sachs (<a href=\"\/stock\/GS\">GS<\/a>)<\/strong> climbed <strong>1.44%<\/strong> to <strong>$806.59<\/strong> and <strong>American Express (<a href=\"\/stock\/AXP\">AXP<\/a>)<\/strong> gained <strong>1.17%<\/strong> to <strong>$301.65<\/strong>. <strong>Cisco (<a href=\"\/stock\/CSCO\">CSCO<\/a>)<\/strong> also performed well, up <strong>1.27%<\/strong> to <strong>$79.90<\/strong>, as infrastructure spending remains robust among global corporations modernizing their digital footprints.<\/p>\n<p>Downward pressure came from software and healthcare. <strong>Salesforce (<a href=\"\/stock\/CRM\">CRM<\/a>)<\/strong> was the top loser, falling <strong>1.57%<\/strong> to <strong>$195.34<\/strong> on cloud growth concerns. <strong>Honeywell (<a href=\"\/stock\/HON\">HON<\/a>)<\/strong> dropped <strong>1.55%<\/strong> to <strong>$230.84<\/strong>, while <strong>Johnson &amp; Johnson (<a href=\"\/stock\/JNJ\">JNJ<\/a>)<\/strong> slipped <strong>1.42%<\/strong> to <strong>$239.71<\/strong>. <strong>Amgen (<a href=\"\/stock\/AMGN\">AMGN<\/a>)<\/strong> and <strong>Boeing (<a href=\"\/stock\/BA\">BA<\/a>)<\/strong> also struggled, declining <strong>1.24%<\/strong> and <strong>1.22%<\/strong> respectively. Despite these headwinds, the index stayed in the green, supported by a rotation into value-oriented leaders like <strong>IBM<\/strong> and <strong>Disney<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was up 46.85 (0.0998%) points today, closing at 46,993.26. 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