{"id":61423,"date":"2026-04-29T17:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-slumps-as-industrial-and-tech-weakness-offsets-visas-earnings-surge\/61423\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T17:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:09:21","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-slumps-as-industrial-and-tech-weakness-offsets-visas-earnings-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-slumps-as-industrial-and-tech-weakness-offsets-visas-earnings-surge\/61423\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Slumps as Industrial and Tech Weakness Offsets Visa&#8217;s Earnings Surge"},"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 (^DJI)<\/strong> was down <strong>280.12 (-0.57%)<\/strong> points today, finishing the session at <strong>48,861.81<\/strong>. Meanwhile, <strong>Dow Futures (YM=F)<\/strong> signaled further bearish sentiment, falling <strong>507.00 (-1.0285%)<\/strong> points to <strong>48,790.00<\/strong>. The primary narrative driving the market was a sharp divergence between blowout earnings in the payment processing sector and a significant sell-off in industrial and high-growth technology names, suggesting a defensive shift by institutional investors.<\/p>\n<p>The key driver for the index&#39;s few bright spots was <strong>Visa (<a href=\"\/stock\/V\">V<\/a>)<\/strong>, which surged <strong>8.97%<\/strong> to <strong>336.85<\/strong> following a dominant earnings report. This strength supported other gainers such as <strong>Cisco (<a href=\"\/stock\/CSCO\">CSCO<\/a>)<\/strong>, which climbed <strong>2.15%<\/strong> to <strong>88.755<\/strong>, and <strong>Chevron (<a href=\"\/stock\/CVX\">CVX<\/a>)<\/strong>, rising <strong>1.67%<\/strong> to <strong>191.49<\/strong>. Additionally, <strong>Amazon (<a href=\"\/stock\/AMZN\">AMZN<\/a>)<\/strong> saw a healthy increase of <strong>1.47%<\/strong>, closing at <strong>263.42<\/strong>, as it benefited from continued strength in cloud and retail segments.<\/p>\n<p>On the losing side, <strong>Boeing (<a href=\"\/stock\/BA\">BA<\/a>)<\/strong> led the decline, tumbling <strong>3.86%<\/strong> to <strong>221.98<\/strong> amid renewed sector-wide concerns. The downward trend was further fueled by <strong>Sherwin-Williams (<a href=\"\/stock\/SHW\">SHW<\/a>)<\/strong>, which dropped <strong>3.15%<\/strong> to <strong>314.00<\/strong>, and <strong>Goldman Sachs (<a href=\"\/stock\/GS\">GS<\/a>)<\/strong>, which shed <strong>2.62%<\/strong> to reach <strong>902.56<\/strong>. Major technology and retail players also faced selling pressure, with <strong>Nvidia (<a href=\"\/stock\/NVDA\">NVDA<\/a>)<\/strong> sliding <strong>2.47%<\/strong> to <strong>207.99<\/strong> and <strong>Home Depot (<a href=\"\/stock\/HD\">HD<\/a>)<\/strong> declining <strong>2.53%<\/strong> to <strong>320.72<\/strong>, ultimately dragging the blue-chip index lower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was down 280.12 (-0.57%) points today, finishing the session at 48,861.81. 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