{"id":72223,"date":"2026-09-25T07:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-futures-edge-higher-amid-mixed-sector-performance\/72223\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T07:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:09:07","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-futures-edge-higher-amid-mixed-sector-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-futures-edge-higher-amid-mixed-sector-performance\/72223\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Futures Edge Higher Amid Mixed Sector Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones<\/a> Futures (YM=F)<\/strong> was up 90.00 (0.17%)<\/strong> points today, reaching a level of 51,807.00<\/strong> as market participants balanced optimistic industrial earnings against a cooling tech and retail sector. The primary narrative driving the market today<\/a>, Friday, September 25, 2026<\/strong>, is the resilience of industrial and healthcare blue-chips following a favorable Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE)<\/strong> price index report. This economic data suggests that while inflation remains sticky in certain service categories, the broader cooling trend is providing the Federal Reserve with sufficient room to maintain a neutral policy stance, bolstering investor confidence in "old economy" stocks.<\/p>\n

Leading the gainers today is 3M (MMM<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was up 3.70%<\/strong> to $148.62<\/strong> following a positive analyst upgrade regarding its streamlined manufacturing operations. In the semiconductor space, Nvidia<\/a> (NVDA<\/a>)<\/strong> was up 1.77%<\/strong> to $225.01<\/strong>, continuing to attract capital as AI infrastructure spending remains a dominant theme. Other notable performers include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was up 1.61%<\/strong> to $227.63<\/strong>, and Cisco Systems (CSCO<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was up 1.33%<\/strong> to $100.48<\/strong>, as defensive positioning favored healthcare and networking stability.<\/p>\n

Conversely, the index faced downward pressure from the technology and consumer discretionary sectors. IBM (IBM<\/a>)<\/strong> was down 2.42%<\/strong> to $213.40<\/strong>, serving as the day's steepest decliner amid concerns over slowing enterprise software consulting margins. Home improvement giant Home Depot (HD<\/a>)<\/strong> was down 2.14%<\/strong> to $303.85<\/strong>, as higher-for-longer mortgage rates continue to dampen outlooks for the housing renovation market. Additionally, Salesforce (CRM<\/a>)<\/strong> was down 1.64%<\/strong> to $168.45<\/strong>, and Sherwin-Williams (SHW<\/a>)<\/strong> was down 1.36%<\/strong> to $307.61<\/strong>, reflecting a broader rotation out of high-multiple growth and housing-sensitive equities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones Futures (YM=F) was up 90.00 (0.17%) points today, reaching a level of 51,807.00 as market participants balanced […]<\/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":[293,633,1773,3749,3878,4350,12352,17074],"class_list":["post-72223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snippets-dow-jones","tag-ibm","tag-nvda","tag-mmm","tag-pce","tag-hd","tag-dow-jones","tag-ymf","tag-stock-market-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72223","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=72223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72223\/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=72223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}