dow jones buy and sell today 14 July 2026

 

dow jones buy and sell today 14 July 2026

Where things stand right now (July 14, 2026):

• Dow closed Monday at 52,498.64, down 138.37 points (-0.26%)
• Tuesday premarket: Dow futures slipped roughly 0.3–0.37%, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also mixed
• The big driver today is the 8:30 a.m. ET June CPI release — markets are watching whether headline inflation cools while core stays sticky near 2.9% y/y

Why the market is on edge:

• Oil prices have jumped on US-Iran tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, after the US signaled it would tighten a blockade on Iranian shipping — that's weighing on stocks and pushing energy costs up
• Big bank earnings (JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo) are landing this week, which could sway sentiment
• Chip/AI stocks have been under pressure — Nvidia, Micron, AMD, Intel all fell Monday amid concerns hyperscalers may pull back on AI infrastructure spending
• Fed Chair Kevin Warsh testifies before Congress today, and traders have been raising bets on a possible rate hike rather than a cut

What could move the Dow today: the CPI print (softer than 2.9% core = risk-on; hotter = selloff), oil price swings tied to the Iran situation, and how the bank earnings land.