{"id":64787,"date":"2026-07-14T14:09:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-flatlines-as-industrial-gains-offset-tech-weakness\/64787\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T14:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:09:20","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-flatlines-as-industrial-gains-offset-tech-weakness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-flatlines-as-industrial-gains-offset-tech-weakness\/64787\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Flatlines as Industrial Gains Offset Tech Weakness"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average (^DJI)<\/strong> was down 24.88 (-0.0474%) points today<\/strong>, hovering at 52,473.76<\/strong> as investors weighed a complex mix of inflationary pressures<\/strong> and the onset of the Q2 earnings season<\/strong>. While Dow Futures (YM=F)<\/strong> was down 87.00 (-0.1649%) points<\/strong>, broader market sentiment remained cautious. The primary driver for today's price action was a major policy announcement<\/strong> regarding industrial trade regulations<\/strong> and Producer Price Index (PPI)<\/strong> data, which provided a significant tailwind for domestic manufacturing giants while simultaneously pressuring multinational technology and retail firms.<\/p>\n

Leading the charge on the upside, 3M (MMM<\/a>)<\/strong> surged, as the stock was up 3.70%<\/strong> to $148.62<\/strong> following a favorable legal resolution that bolstered investor confidence. The technology sector saw a notable split, with Nvidia<\/a> (NVDA<\/a>)<\/strong> showing strength as it was up 1.77%<\/strong> to $225.01<\/strong>, driven by continued demand for AI infrastructure. Healthcare also provided a defensive cushion for the index, with Johnson & Johnson (JNJ<\/a>)<\/strong> climbing 1.61%<\/strong> to $227.63<\/strong> and UnitedHealth Group (UNH<\/a>)<\/strong> gaining 1.00%<\/strong> to $399.64<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Conversely, the index was dragged lower by significant weakness in enterprise tech and consumer discretionary sectors. IBM (IBM<\/a>)<\/strong> was the biggest laggard, as the stock was down 2.42%<\/strong> to $213.40<\/strong> amid concerns over slowing cloud growth. Home improvement retailer Home Depot (HD<\/a>)<\/strong> also faced selling pressure, as it was down 2.14%<\/strong> to $303.85<\/strong>, likely due to a cooling housing market. Other notable decliners included Salesforce (CRM<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was down 1.64%<\/strong> to $168.45<\/strong>, and Sherwin-Williams (SHW<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was down 1.36%<\/strong> to $307.61<\/strong>, reflecting broader volatility in the industrial and software landscapes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was down 24.88 (-0.0474%) points today, hovering at 52,473.76 as investors weighed a complex […]<\/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":[293,633,1773,3016,3764,3878,4350],"class_list":["post-64787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snippets-dow-jones","tag-ibm","tag-nvda","tag-mmm","tag-dji","tag-ppi","tag-hd","tag-dow-jones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64787","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=64787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64787\/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=64787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}