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Shares of Akamai Technologies Inc. rallied 3.6% to $91.27 on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.2% to 6,977.27 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.2% to 49,590.20.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Akamai Technologies Inc. closed 12.0% below its 52-week high of $103.75, which the company reached on February 10th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Synopsys Inc. rose 1.6% to $533.42, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. remained unchanged, and Arista Networks Inc. rose 0.43% to $123.42.
Trading volume totaled 6.6 million, compared to the 50-day average of 3.2 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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January 12, 2026 16:35 ET (21:35 GMT)
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