DJ Accenture PLC Cl A Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Accenture PLC Cl A $(ACN)$ advanced 2.86% to $281.82 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.01% to 6,921.46 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.55% to 49,266.11.
Accenture PLC Cl A closed 29.25% short of its 52-week high of $398.35, which the company reached on February 5th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as International Business Machines Corp. $(IBM)$ rose 2.02% to $302.72, Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) rose 1.69% to $265.67, and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. $(CTSH)$ rose 1.97% to $85.77.
Trading volume (5.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 8, 2026.
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January 08, 2026 16:35 ET (21:35 GMT)
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