{"id":61248,"date":"2026-04-24T12:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-slips-as-ai-rally-fails-to-offset-healthcare-and-energy-slump\/61248\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:09:24","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-slips-as-ai-rally-fails-to-offset-healthcare-and-energy-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-slips-as-ai-rally-fails-to-offset-healthcare-and-energy-slump\/61248\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Slips as AI Rally Fails to Offset Healthcare and Energy Slump"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average (^DJI)<\/strong> was down 85.12 (-0.17%) points today<\/strong>, trading at 49,225.20<\/strong>. In tandem, Dow Futures (YM=F)<\/strong> was down 74.00 (-0.15%) points<\/strong> at 49,416.00<\/strong>. While the headline index shows a slight retreat, internal market dynamics reveal a massive tug-of-war between a surging technology sector and a struggling healthcare and energy landscape. This mixed performance comes as investors digest the latest corporate earnings and macroeconomic signals regarding inflation.<\/p>\n

The primary narrative driving the market today<\/a> is the explosive growth in Artificial Intelligence (AI)<\/strong> and consumer staples<\/strong>. Leading the charge, Nvidia (NVDA<\/a>)<\/strong> was up 5.04%<\/strong> to $209.09<\/strong>, continuing its streak as the primary beneficiary of AI infrastructure spending. Amazon (AMZN<\/a>)<\/strong> followed closely, up 2.81%<\/strong> to $261.67<\/strong>, while Procter & Gamble (PG<\/a>)<\/strong> provided a defensive boost, up 2.53%<\/strong> to $149.28<\/strong>. Microsoft (MSFT<\/a>)<\/strong> also gained 1.35%<\/strong> to reach $420.86<\/strong>. These gains reflect a concentrated bet on digital scale and reliable consumer demand.<\/p>\n

However, these gains were offset by significant weakness in blue-chip staples. Merck (MRK<\/a>)<\/strong> led the decliners, down 2.27%<\/strong> to $111.82<\/strong>, followed by Chevron (CVX<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was down 1.93%<\/strong> to $184.42<\/strong>. Other notable losers included IBM (IBM<\/a>)<\/strong>, down 1.92%<\/strong>, and American Express (AXP<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was down 1.54%<\/strong>. Even retail giant Walmart (WMT<\/a>)<\/strong> was down 1.49%<\/strong>, suggesting that while AI is thriving, broader industrial sectors are facing headwinds that keep the Dow Jones<\/strong> in the red.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was down 85.12 (-0.17%) points today, trading at 49,225.20. In tandem, Dow Futures (YM=F) […]<\/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":[391,633,1067,3016,3703,4350],"class_list":["post-61248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snippets-dow-jones","tag-amzn","tag-nvda","tag-mrk","tag-dji","tag-ai","tag-dow-jones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61248","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=61248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61248\/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=61248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}