{"id":64980,"date":"2026-07-17T17:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-slides-over-400-points-as-inflation-concerns-resurface\/64980\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T17:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:09:16","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-slides-over-400-points-as-inflation-concerns-resurface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-slides-over-400-points-as-inflation-concerns-resurface\/64980\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Slides Over 400 Points as Inflation Concerns Resurface"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average (^DJI)<\/strong> was down 406.55 (-0.77%) points today<\/strong>, finishing at 52,146.42<\/strong>. Dow Futures (YM=F)<\/strong> also retreated, as the index was down 411.00 (-0.78%) points<\/strong>. The primary market narrative was driven by renewed inflation fears<\/strong> following a surprisingly high Consumer Sentiment report<\/strong>, which suggested that the Federal Reserve<\/strong> may maintain higher interest rates for longer than anticipated. This shift in sentiment sparked a broad sell-off across the 30-stock average<\/strong>, particularly hitting companies sensitive to borrowing costs and consumer spending.<\/p>\n

Amidst the sea of red, 3M (MMM<\/a>) was the standout gainer, jumping 3.70%<\/strong> to $148.62<\/strong> on news of a favorable regulatory ruling. Semiconductor leader Nvidia<\/a> (NVDA<\/a>) also showed resilience, rising 1.77%<\/strong> to $225.01<\/strong> as it continues to dominate the AI landscape. Defensive plays saw modest inflows, with Johnson & Johnson (JNJ<\/a>) gaining 1.61%<\/strong> and Cisco Systems (CSCO<\/a>) up 1.33%<\/strong>. UnitedHealth Group (UNH<\/a>) also managed a 1.00%<\/strong> increase, providing some stability to the price-weighted index.<\/p>\n

On the losing side, IBM (IBM<\/a>) fell 2.42%<\/strong> to $213.40<\/strong>, leading the Dow's decline as enterprise spending concerns mounted. Home Depot (HD<\/a>) struggled, dropping 2.14%<\/strong> to $303.85<\/strong>, while Salesforce (CRM<\/a>) shed 1.64%<\/strong>. Other notable laggards included Sherwin-Williams (SHW<\/a>), down 1.36%<\/strong>, and American Express (AXP<\/a>), which fell 1.27%<\/strong>. Industrial giant Caterpillar (CAT<\/a>) also slipped 1.22%<\/strong>, reflecting investor anxiety regarding the impact of sustained high interest rates on capital-intensive industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was down 406.55 (-0.77%) points today, finishing at 52,146.42. Dow Futures (YM=F) also retreated, […]<\/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":[293,633,1773,3016,3878,4350,17074,19921],"class_list":["post-64980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snippets-dow-jones","tag-ibm","tag-nvda","tag-mmm","tag-dji","tag-hd","tag-dow-jones","tag-stock-market-today","tag-july-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64980","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=64980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64980\/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=64980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}