{"id":61207,"date":"2026-04-23T07:09:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-faces-tech-drag-despite-boeing-surge\/61207\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:09:47","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-faces-tech-drag-despite-boeing-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-faces-tech-drag-despite-boeing-surge\/61207\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Faces Tech Drag Despite Boeing Surge"},"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<\/strong> faced significant downward pressure during Thursday\u2019s session as <strong>Dow Futures (YM=F)<\/strong> was down <strong>306.00 (-0.6161%)<\/strong> points today, currently trading at <strong>49,362.00<\/strong>. The primary narrative driving today&#39;s market is a stark divergence in corporate earnings performance, specifically a massive sell-off in the technology sector triggered by a disappointing quarterly report from <strong>IBM<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/IBM\">IBM<\/a>). While broader macroeconomic indicators remain steady, the price-weighted index is currently struggling to overcome the heavy losses from its legacy tech components, despite a strong showing from the aerospace and healthcare sectors during mid-day trading on Wall Street.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the decline, <strong>IBM<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/IBM\">IBM<\/a>) was down <strong>8.48%<\/strong> at <strong>$251.86<\/strong> as investors reacted to weakening margins in its consulting division. This bearish sentiment weighed on <strong>Salesforce<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/CRM\">CRM<\/a>), which was down <strong>2.58%<\/strong> at <strong>$189.80<\/strong>. Industrial and consumer-facing stocks also faced headwinds; <strong>3M<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/MMM\">MMM<\/a>) was down <strong>1.60%<\/strong> at <strong>$145.78<\/strong>, while <strong>Home Depot<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/HD\">HD<\/a>) was down <strong>1.31%<\/strong> at <strong>$339.50<\/strong>. Even <strong>Nike<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/NKE\">NKE<\/a>) struggled, down <strong>1.29%<\/strong> at <strong>$45.68<\/strong>, as analysts expressed concerns over global retail demand in key overseas markets.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, <strong>Boeing<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/BA\">BA<\/a>) provided a major lift, up <strong>5.72%<\/strong> at <strong>$231.28<\/strong> following news of a multi-billion dollar international contract for its commercial jets. <strong>Apple<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/AAPL\">AAPL<\/a>) also showed resilience, up <strong>2.51%<\/strong> at <strong>$273.17<\/strong>, alongside <strong>UnitedHealth Group<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/UNH\">UNH<\/a>), which was up <strong>1.99%<\/strong> at <strong>$353.52<\/strong>. Other notable gainers included <strong>Amazon<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/AMZN\">AMZN<\/a>), up <strong>1.92%<\/strong> at <strong>$255.36<\/strong>, <strong>American Express<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/AXP\">AXP<\/a>), up <strong>1.87%<\/strong> at <strong>$332.90<\/strong>, and <strong>Nvidia<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/NVDA\">NVDA<\/a>), which was up <strong>1.19%<\/strong> at <strong>$202.50<\/strong>. <strong>Caterpillar<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/CAT\">CAT<\/a>) also gained <strong>1.05%<\/strong> to reach <strong>$808.87<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average faced significant downward pressure during Thursday\u2019s session as Dow Futures (YM=F) was down 306.00 (-0.6161%) 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