{"id":62748,"date":"2026-06-05T09:09:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-remains-flat-following-mixed-may-jobs-report\/62748\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:09:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:09:38","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-remains-flat-following-mixed-may-jobs-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-remains-flat-following-mixed-may-jobs-report\/62748\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Remains Flat Following Mixed May Jobs Report"},"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<\/strong> remained relatively flat during active trading on <strong>Friday, June 5, 2026<\/strong>, as <strong>Dow Futures (YM=F)<\/strong> was up <strong>24.00 (0.0464%)<\/strong> points to <strong>51,695.00<\/strong>. The primary narrative driving the <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/live\/stock-market-today\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Stock Market Today\">market today<\/a> is the <strong>May Jobs Report<\/strong>, which presented a resilient labor market with moderating wage growth. This economic data has investors weighing the likelihood of a <strong>Federal Reserve<\/strong> rate cut later this year against a backdrop of steady corporate earnings, resulting in a cautious, sector-specific trading environment across the indices.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the index higher, <strong>3M (<a href=\"\/stock\/MMM\">MMM<\/a>)<\/strong> was up <strong>3.70%<\/strong> to <strong>$148.62<\/strong>, following positive sentiment regarding its operational turnaround and legal progress. Technology and healthcare stocks also provided significant support; <strong>Nvidia (<a href=\"\/stock\/NVDA\">NVDA<\/a>)<\/strong> was up <strong>1.77%<\/strong> to <strong>$225.01<\/strong> as AI infrastructure demand remains high, while <strong>Johnson &amp; Johnson (<a href=\"\/stock\/JNJ\">JNJ<\/a>)<\/strong> was up <strong>1.61%<\/strong> to <strong>$227.63<\/strong>. Other notable gainers included <strong>Cisco (<a href=\"\/stock\/CSCO\">CSCO<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was up <strong>1.33%<\/strong> to <strong>$100.48<\/strong>, and <strong>UnitedHealth Group (<a href=\"\/stock\/UNH\">UNH<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was up <strong>1.00%<\/strong> to <strong>$399.64<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On the downside, <strong>IBM (<a href=\"\/stock\/IBM\">IBM<\/a>)<\/strong> was down <strong>2.42%<\/strong> to <strong>$213.40<\/strong>, leading the laggards as enterprise spending concerns weighed on the tech giant\u2019s growth outlook. <strong>Home Depot (<a href=\"\/stock\/HD\">HD<\/a>)<\/strong> was down <strong>2.14%<\/strong> to <strong>$303.85<\/strong>, and <strong>Salesforce (<a href=\"\/stock\/CRM\">CRM<\/a>)<\/strong> was down <strong>1.64%<\/strong> to <strong>$168.45<\/strong>. Financial stocks also struggled with <strong>American Express (<a href=\"\/stock\/AXP\">AXP<\/a>)<\/strong> down <strong>1.27%<\/strong> and <strong>JPMorgan Chase (<a href=\"\/stock\/JPM\">JPM<\/a>)<\/strong> down <strong>1.12%<\/strong> to <strong>$301.51<\/strong>. Finally, <strong>Sherwin-Williams (<a href=\"\/stock\/SHW\">SHW<\/a>)<\/strong> was down <strong>1.36%<\/strong>, as the market reacted to the implications of the latest labor data on future interest rate policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average remained relatively flat during active trading on Friday, June 5, 2026, as Dow Futures (YM=F) 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