{"id":74595,"date":"2026-11-12T15:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T19:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-inches-higher-as-industrial-gains-offset-tech-and-retail-drag\/74595\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T15:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T19:09:21","slug":"dowjonestodaydow-jones-inches-higher-as-industrial-gains-offset-tech-and-retail-drag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dowjonestodaydow-jones-inches-higher-as-industrial-gains-offset-tech-and-retail-drag\/74595\/","title":{"rendered":"[DowJonesToday]Dow Jones Inches Higher as Industrial Gains Offset Tech and Retail Drag"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones<\/a> Index (^DJI<\/a>)<\/strong> was up 16.26 (+0.0310%)<\/strong> points today, reaching 52,502.75<\/strong> in a session defined by narrow trading ranges and sector-specific volatility. Dow Futures (YM=F<\/a>)<\/strong> also edged slightly higher, up 8.00 (+0.0152%)<\/strong> points. The primary narrative driving the market on this Thursday, November 12th, 2026<\/strong>, was the release of the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI)<\/strong> data. While the figures indicated a stabilizing inflationary environment, investors remained cautious as the Federal Reserve<\/strong> signaled that interest rates might remain "higher for longer" to ensure a sustainable return to target levels.<\/p>\n

The day's standout performer was 3M (MMM<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was up 3.70%<\/strong> to $148.62<\/strong> following a favorable update regarding its ongoing legal restructuring and improved quarterly guidance. Tech giant Nvidia<\/a> (NVDA<\/a>)<\/strong> also provided significant upward momentum, gaining 1.77%<\/strong> to reach $225.01<\/strong> as demand for AI infrastructure remains robust. Other notable gainers included Johnson & Johnson (JNJ<\/a>)<\/strong>, up 1.61%<\/strong> to $227.63<\/strong>, and Cisco (CSCO<\/a>)<\/strong>, which rose 1.33%<\/strong> to $100.48<\/strong>. These gains helped the index maintain positive territory despite broader pressure on consumer-facing stocks.<\/p>\n

Conversely, the index faced headwinds from IBM (IBM<\/a>)<\/strong>, which was down 2.42%<\/strong> to $213.40<\/strong> after a prominent analyst downgrade cited slowing enterprise cloud spending. The retail sector also struggled, with Home Depot (HD<\/a>)<\/strong> falling 2.14%<\/strong> to $303.85<\/strong> amid concerns that high mortgage rates are dampening home improvement demand. Further losses were seen in Salesforce (CRM<\/a>)<\/strong>, down 1.64%<\/strong> to $168.45<\/strong>, and Sherwin-Williams (SHW<\/a>)<\/strong>, which dropped 1.36%<\/strong> to $307.61<\/strong>. The mixed performance highlights a market currently caught between resilient industrial earnings and a restrictive macroeconomic policy environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dow Jones Index (^DJI) was up 16.26 (+0.0310%) points today, reaching 52,502.75 in a session defined by narrow trading […]<\/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":[293,633,1773,3016,3712,3878,4350,17074,17079],"class_list":["post-74595","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-dow-jones","tag-stock-market-today","tag-cpi-data"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74595","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=74595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74595\/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=74595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}