{"id":64053,"date":"2026-07-01T07:09:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-navigates-mixed-start-to-q3-amid-industrial-strength\/64053\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T07:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:09:29","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-navigates-mixed-start-to-q3-amid-industrial-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-navigates-mixed-start-to-q3-amid-industrial-strength\/64053\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Navigates Mixed Start to Q3 Amid Industrial Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On <strong>Wednesday, July 1, 2026<\/strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/indices\/dowjones\/today\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Dow Jones Today\">Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average<\/strong> faced a tepid start to the third quarter. The <strong>Dow Futures (YM=F)<\/strong> was down <strong>104.00 (-0.1975%)<\/strong> points today at <strong>52,566.00<\/strong>, reflecting a cautious atmosphere. The primary narrative driving the market was the release of <strong>manufacturing sector data<\/strong>, prompting a rotation into defensive industrial names. While the index struggled, the divergence between industrial resilience and technology-related headwinds became the defining theme of the session.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the gainers was <strong>3M (<a href=\"\/stock\/MMM\">MMM<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was up <strong>3.70%<\/strong> at <strong>$148.62<\/strong>, buoyed by positive sentiment surrounding industrial margins. In technology, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock\/NVDA\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"15\" title=\"stock: NVDA\">Nvidia<\/a> (<a href=\"\/stock\/NVDA\">NVDA<\/a>)<\/strong> continued its trajectory, up <strong>1.77%<\/strong> at <strong>$225.01<\/strong> following renewed demand for global AI hardware. Healthcare also showed strength, with <strong>Johnson &amp; Johnson (<a href=\"\/stock\/JNJ\">JNJ<\/a>)<\/strong> up <strong>1.61%<\/strong> at <strong>$227.63<\/strong> and <strong>Cisco Systems (<a href=\"\/stock\/CSCO\">CSCO<\/a>)<\/strong> rising <strong>1.33%<\/strong> to <strong>$100.48<\/strong>. These gains provided a cushion for the index, preventing a deeper slide.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, the market faced significant downward pressure from enterprise software and retail. <strong>IBM (<a href=\"\/stock\/IBM\">IBM<\/a>)<\/strong> was the laggard, down <strong>2.42%<\/strong> at <strong>$213.40<\/strong> amid concerns over cloud growth. Consumer-facing stocks struggled, with <strong>Home Depot (<a href=\"\/stock\/HD\">HD<\/a>)<\/strong> down <strong>2.14%<\/strong> at <strong>$303.85<\/strong>, reacting to mortgage rate projections. Other decliners included <strong>Salesforce (<a href=\"\/stock\/CRM\">CRM<\/a>)<\/strong>, down <strong>1.64%<\/strong> at <strong>$168.45<\/strong>, and <strong>Sherwin-Williams (<a href=\"\/stock\/SHW\">SHW<\/a>)<\/strong>, down <strong>1.36%<\/strong> at <strong>$307.61<\/strong>. This selling in blue-chip tech and housing stocks kept the Dow in negative territory as traders adjusted strategic portfolios for the second half of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, July 1, 2026, the Dow Jones Industrial Average faced a tepid start to the third quarter. 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