Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average trades just below its prior close, down about 30 points or 0.1%, despite the decline in NVIDIA (NVDA 124.52, -18.12, -12.7%).

21 of the 30 Dow components are higher led by Salesforce (CRM 345.16, +11.28, +3.4%), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ 150.65, +3.90, +2.7%), Travelers (TRV 248.63, +6.77, +2.8%), Apple (AAPL 227.63, +4.91, +2.2%), which reports earnings Thursday afternoon, and UnitedHealth (UNH 544.81, +12.30, +2.3%). 

Microsoft (MSFT 430.67, -13.44, -3.0%), which reports earnings Wednesday afternoon, is among the nine DJIA constituents trading lower due to its exposure to AI, specifically its investment in OpenAI, which is in competition with China's DeepSeek.