{"id":71898,"date":"2026-09-17T07:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-surges-as-markets-react-to-federal-reserve-policy-shift\/71898\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T07:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:09:07","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-surges-as-markets-react-to-federal-reserve-policy-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-surges-as-markets-react-to-federal-reserve-policy-shift\/71898\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Surges as Markets React to Federal Reserve Policy Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones<\/a> Industrial Average<\/strong> is experiencing significant upward momentum during Thursday\u2019s trading session, as Dow Futures (YM=F)<\/strong> was up 395.00 (0.76%)<\/strong> points today, reaching a level of 52,310.00<\/strong>. The primary narrative driving the market is the investor digestion of the Federal Reserve's<\/strong> latest interest rate decision and the accompanying economic projections. Market participants are increasingly optimistic that the central bank is successfully navigating a "soft landing," balancing cooling inflation with steady economic growth, which has sparked a broad rotation into industrial and value-oriented blue-chip equities.<\/p>\n

Leading the charge for the index, 3M Company<\/strong> (MMM<\/a>) was up 3.70%<\/strong> at $148.62<\/strong>, emerging as the top performer following positive sentiment regarding its ongoing restructuring efforts. The technology sector also provided a significant boost, with Nvidia<\/a><\/strong> (NVDA<\/a>) gaining 1.77%<\/strong> to trade at $225.00<\/strong>, while Johnson & Johnson<\/strong> (JNJ<\/a>) rose 1.61%<\/strong> to $227.63<\/strong>. Other notable gainers contributing to the Dow's ascent include Cisco Systems<\/strong> (CSCO<\/a>), which was up 1.33%<\/strong>, and UnitedHealth Group<\/strong> (UNH<\/a>), which saw a gain of 1.00%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Conversely, several heavyweights are acting as a drag on the price-weighted index. IBM<\/strong> (IBM<\/a>) was down 2.42%<\/strong> today at $213.40<\/strong>, leading the decliners. Consumer-facing and interest-rate-sensitive stocks are also facing pressure; Home Depot<\/strong> (HD<\/a>) was down 2.14%<\/strong> at $303.84<\/strong>, and Salesforce<\/strong> (CRM<\/a>) shed 1.64%<\/strong>. Financial laggards such as American Express<\/strong> (AXP<\/a>) and JPMorgan Chase<\/strong> (JPM<\/a>) were down 1.27%<\/strong> and 1.12%<\/strong> respectively, as the yield curve adjustment impacts banking margins. Despite these losses, the overall bullish sentiment surrounding the Federal Reserve's<\/strong> policy path continues to keep the broader index in positive territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is experiencing significant upward momentum during Thursday\u2019s trading session, as Dow Futures (YM=F) was up […]<\/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":[293,633,1773,3710,3878,4350,17074,18325],"class_list":["post-71898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snippets-dow-jones","tag-ibm","tag-nvda","tag-mmm","tag-federal-reserve","tag-hd","tag-dow-jones","tag-stock-market-today","tag-blue-chip-stocks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71898","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=71898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71898\/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=71898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}