Dow JonesDow Jones Industrial Average Kicks Off November with Modest Gains as Apple Prepares Earnings Report November 1, 2018 by Garrett Baldwin The Dow Jones Industrial Average kicked off November with an 87 point gain premarket trading. Equity markets continue to recover slowly from an October swoon that punished investors over concerns related to rising interest rates, geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China, and softer than expected corporate earnings.