{"id":66463,"date":"2026-08-13T09:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-gains-momentum-amid-positive-economic-sentiment\/66463\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T09:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:09:07","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-gains-momentum-amid-positive-economic-sentiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-gains-momentum-amid-positive-economic-sentiment\/66463\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Gains Momentum Amid Positive Economic Sentiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/indices\/dowjones\/today\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Dow Jones Today\">Dow Jones<\/a> Futures (YM=F)<\/strong> was up <strong>181.00 (0.3360%)<\/strong> points today, <strong>Thursday, August 13th, 2026<\/strong>, as market participants reacted to cooling inflation data and robust corporate earnings. The primary narrative driving the market is a &quot;soft landing&quot; economic scenario, where <strong>Federal Reserve<\/strong> policy successfully moderates prices without triggering a recession. This optimism has provided a lift to industrial and technology sectors, offsetting localized weakness in retail and legacy tech components.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the charge for the blue-chip index, <strong>3M<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/MMM\">MMM<\/a>) was up <strong>3.70%<\/strong> to <strong>$148.62<\/strong>, emerging as the top performer following a favorable legal settlement update. In the semiconductor space, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/stock\/NVDA\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"15\" title=\"stock: NVDA\">Nvidia<\/a><\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/NVDA\">NVDA<\/a>) was up <strong>1.77%<\/strong> at <strong>$225.01<\/strong>, continuing its dominance in the AI-driven rally. Other notable gainers included healthcare giant <strong>Johnson &amp; Johnson<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/JNJ\">JNJ<\/a>), which was up <strong>1.61%<\/strong> to <strong>$227.63<\/strong>, and <strong>Cisco Systems<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/CSCO\">CSCO<\/a>), which was up <strong>1.33%<\/strong> at <strong>$100.48<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, some Dow components faced significant headwinds. <strong>IBM<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/IBM\">IBM<\/a>) was down <strong>2.42%<\/strong> to <strong>$213.40<\/strong> after a cautious analyst note regarding its cloud growth margins. Consumer-facing stocks also struggled, with <strong>Home Depot<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/HD\">HD<\/a>) down <strong>2.14%<\/strong> at <strong>$303.85<\/strong> and <strong>Salesforce<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/CRM\">CRM<\/a>) down <strong>1.64%<\/strong> to <strong>$168.45<\/strong>. Financial laggards included <strong>American Express<\/strong> (<a href=\"\/stock\/AXP\">AXP<\/a>), which was down <strong>1.27%<\/strong> to <strong>$310.29<\/strong>, as investors rotated out of credit-sensitive names despite the broader index&#39;s upward trajectory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dow Jones Futures (YM=F) was up 181.00 (0.3360%) points today, Thursday, August 13th, 2026, as market participants reacted to 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