{"id":71071,"date":"2026-08-28T17:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-flatlines-as-investors-weigh-inflation-data-against-tech-resilience\/71071\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T17:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:09:09","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-flatlines-as-investors-weigh-inflation-data-against-tech-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-flatlines-as-investors-weigh-inflation-data-against-tech-resilience\/71071\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Flatlines as Investors Weigh Inflation Data Against Tech Resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average (^DJI)<\/strong> was down 9.45 (-0.0176%)<\/strong> points today, closing at 53,559.99<\/strong>, as the market grappled with the latest Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index<\/strong> report. This key inflation metric, released on Friday, August 28th, 2026<\/strong>, showed prices rising at a steady 2.4% annual pace<\/strong>, meeting economist expectations but offering little immediate incentive for the Federal Reserve<\/strong> to accelerate interest rate cuts. The narrative of "higher for longer" remains a persistent headwind for blue-chip equities, resulting in a cautious trading session with Dow Futures (YM=F)<\/strong> also slipping 33.00 (-0.0615%)<\/strong> points.<\/p>\n

Leading the gainers was 3M (MMM)<\/strong>, which surged 3.70%<\/strong> to $148.62<\/strong> following a positive settlement update regarding its legacy legal liabilities. Technology giant Nvidia<\/a> (NVDA<\/a>)<\/strong> rose 1.77%<\/strong> to $225.01<\/strong>, buoyed by continued demand for AI infrastructure, while Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)<\/strong> climbed 1.61%<\/strong> to $227.63<\/strong>. Other notable performers included Cisco (CSCO)<\/strong> and UnitedHealth Group (UNH)<\/strong>, which gained 1.33%<\/strong> and 1.00%<\/strong> respectively, as defensive sectors saw renewed interest amid broader market uncertainty.<\/p>\n

Conversely, IBM (IBM)<\/strong> was the day\u2019s biggest laggard, tumbling 2.42%<\/strong> to $213.40<\/strong> after a cautious outlook on enterprise software spending. Consumer-facing stocks also faced pressure, with Home Depot (HD)<\/strong> dropping 2.14%<\/strong> to $303.85<\/strong> and Salesforce (CRM)<\/strong> falling 1.64%<\/strong> to $168.45<\/strong>. Financial heavyweights were not immune to the volatility; JPMorgan Chase (JPM)<\/strong> fell 1.12%<\/strong> to $301.51<\/strong>, and American Express (AXP)<\/strong> shed 1.27%<\/strong> to close at $310.29<\/strong>, reflecting concerns that high borrowing costs may finally be dampening consumer credit health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was down 9.45 (-0.0176%) points today, closing at 53,559.99, as the market grappled with […]<\/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":[3749,29,3878,75,4350,174,11437,293,17074,373,376,18111,633,808,1773,3016],"class_list":["post-71071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snippets-dow-jones","tag-pce","tag-csco","tag-hd","tag-crm","tag-dow-jones","tag-jpm","tag-pce-index","tag-ibm","tag-stock-market-today","tag-unh","tag-jnj","tag-inflation-data","tag-nvda","tag-axp","tag-mmm","tag-dji"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71071","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=71071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71071\/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=71071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}