On July 28, Gartner rose 6.24% in regular trading, trading at $156.94/share, with turnover of $84.17 million. The IT consulting sector saw broad-based strength as AI-driven growth catalysts boosted sentiment across the industry.

On the news front, Accenture announced a collaboration with Radisson Hotel Group to launch an AI-driven hotel discovery application on the ChatGPT platform, covering over 1,000 hotels across more than 100 countries. This follows recent partnerships involving Anthropic and McKinsey for AI-first enterprise transformation, reinforcing the narrative that AI deployment is transitioning from experimental stages to scaled enterprise applications across IT consulting firms.

Within the IT Consulting and Other Services sector, individual stocks rallied broadly. Cognizant Technology Solutions rose 7.63%, Accenture gained 7.26%, EPAM Systems climbed 6.14%, IBM advanced 4.53%, and Infosys added 4.27%. The sector-wide move reflects market recognition of AI-driven growth potential for IT advisory and consulting businesses.

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