{"id":60131,"date":"2026-03-24T14:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-gains-as-industrial-strength-offsets-technology-sector-decline\/60131\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:09:33","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-gains-as-industrial-strength-offsets-technology-sector-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-gains-as-industrial-strength-offsets-technology-sector-decline\/60131\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Gains as Industrial Strength Offsets Technology Sector Decline"},"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 (<a href=\"\/stock\/%5EDJI\">^DJI<\/a>)<\/strong> was up <strong>24.01 (0.0520%)<\/strong> points today, reaching <strong>46,232.48<\/strong>, as the market experienced a pronounced rotation from <strong>technology<\/strong> into <strong>value-oriented sectors<\/strong>. While the headline index remained marginally positive, <strong>Dow Futures (<a href=\"\/stock\/YM=F\">YM=F<\/a>)<\/strong> was down <strong>3.00 (-0.0064%)<\/strong> points. The day&#39;s primary narrative centered on a retreat from <strong>enterprise software<\/strong>, with capital flowing instead into <strong>industrials<\/strong> and <strong>consumer staples<\/strong> following robust manufacturing data that bolstered confidence in a <strong>&quot;soft landing&quot;<\/strong> for the broader economy.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the gainers, <strong>Caterpillar (<a href=\"\/stock\/CAT\">CAT<\/a>)<\/strong> was up <strong>2.20%<\/strong> to <strong>$717.42<\/strong>, as demand for heavy machinery remains a key indicator of economic health. Connectivity giant <strong>Cisco Systems (<a href=\"\/stock\/CSCO\">CSCO<\/a>)<\/strong> was up <strong>1.92%<\/strong> to <strong>$80.35<\/strong>, while retail powerhouse <strong>Walmart (<a href=\"\/stock\/WMT\">WMT<\/a>)<\/strong> was up <strong>1.58%<\/strong> to <strong>$122.60<\/strong>. Other notable performers included <strong>Nike (<a href=\"\/stock\/NKE\">NKE<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was up <strong>1.65%<\/strong>, and <strong>Chevron (<a href=\"\/stock\/CVX\">CVX<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was up <strong>1.34%<\/strong> to <strong>$207.98<\/strong>. These gains provided the necessary support to keep the <strong>Dow Jones<\/strong> positive despite significant headwinds in the high-growth technology sector.<\/p>\n<p>On the downside, <strong>Salesforce (<a href=\"\/stock\/CRM\">CRM<\/a>)<\/strong> was down <strong>5.84%<\/strong> to <strong>$183.95<\/strong>, leading the losers after a shift in sentiment regarding cloud software valuations. This weakness extended to <strong>IBM (<a href=\"\/stock\/IBM\">IBM<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was down <strong>2.86%<\/strong>, and <strong>Microsoft (<a href=\"\/stock\/MSFT\">MSFT<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was down <strong>2.57%<\/strong> to <strong>$373.18<\/strong>. Consumer-facing tech and aerospace also lagged, as <strong>Amazon (<a href=\"\/stock\/AMZN\">AMZN<\/a>)<\/strong> was down <strong>1.26%<\/strong> and <strong>Boeing (<a href=\"\/stock\/BA\">BA<\/a>)<\/strong> was down <strong>1.36%<\/strong>. This <strong>sector-wide divergence<\/strong> suggests investors are increasingly wary of high multiples in <strong>technology and software<\/strong> industries today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was up 24.01 (0.0520%) points today, reaching 46,232.48, as the market experienced a pronounced [&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":[33,75,216,3016,4350],"class_list":["post-60131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snippets-dow-jones","tag-msft","tag-crm","tag-cat","tag-dji","tag-dow-jones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60131","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=60131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60131\/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=60131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}