{"id":71596,"date":"2026-09-09T12:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T16:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-slumps-as-inflation-concerns-and-tech-volatility-weigh-on-markets-2\/71596\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T12:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T16:09:09","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-slumps-as-inflation-concerns-and-tech-volatility-weigh-on-markets-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-slumps-as-inflation-concerns-and-tech-volatility-weigh-on-markets-2\/71596\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Slumps as Inflation Concerns and Tech Volatility Weigh on Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average (^DJI<\/a>)<\/strong> was down 427.72 (-0.81%)<\/strong> points today, trading at 52,358.35<\/strong>, while Dow Futures (YM=F<\/a>)<\/strong> followed suit, down 452.00 (-0.85%)<\/strong>. The primary narrative driving the market lower on Wednesday, September 9th, 2026<\/strong>, is a renewed anxiety regarding sticky inflation data<\/strong> and its implications for Federal Reserve monetary policy<\/strong>. Investors are reacting to a hotter-than-expected Consumer Price Index (CPI)<\/strong> report released this morning, which has dampened hopes for aggressive interest rate cuts in the final quarter of the year. This shift in sentiment has triggered a broad sell-off across interest-rate-sensitive sectors, particularly within the blue-chip index.<\/p>\n

Leading the decline today is IBM (IBM<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was down 2.42%<\/strong> to $213.40<\/strong>, as high-growth tech valuations face pressure from rising treasury yields. Retail giant Home Depot (HD<\/a>)<\/strong> also struggled, down 2.14%<\/strong> to $303.85<\/strong>, reflecting concerns that prolonged high interest rates will continue to stifle the housing market and consumer discretionary spending. Other notable laggards include Salesforce (CRM<\/a>)<\/strong>, down 1.64%<\/strong>, and Sherwin-Williams (SHW<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was down 1.36%<\/strong>. The financial sector also saw weakness, with American Express (AXP<\/a>)<\/strong> down 1.27%<\/strong> and JPMorgan Chase (JPM<\/a>)<\/strong> down 1.12%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Despite the overarching bearish trend, a few components managed to post gains. 3M (MMM<\/a>)<\/strong> was the top performer, up 3.70%<\/strong> to $148.62<\/strong>, buoyed by positive legal settlements and a strong quarterly guidance update. AI-leader Nvidia<\/a> (NVDA<\/a>)<\/strong> remained resilient, up 1.77%<\/strong> to $225.01<\/strong>, as demand for specialized chips continues to outpace macroeconomic headwinds. Defensive stocks also saw some rotation, with Johnson & Johnson (JNJ<\/a>)<\/strong> up 1.61%<\/strong> and Cisco Systems (CSCO<\/a>)<\/strong> up 1.33%<\/strong>, as traders sought safety in established value names amid the broader market volatility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was down 427.72 (-0.81%) points today, trading at 52,358.35, while Dow Futures (YM=F) followed […]<\/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":[293,633,1773,3016,3712,3878,4223,4350,17074],"class_list":["post-71596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snippets-dow-jones","tag-ibm","tag-nvda","tag-mmm","tag-dji","tag-cpi","tag-hd","tag-inflation","tag-dow-jones","tag-stock-market-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71596","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=71596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71596\/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=71596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}