DJ Darden Restaurants Inc. Stock Rises Friday, Still Underperforms Market
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Shares of Darden Restaurants Inc. $(DRI)$ rose 1.27% to $216.27 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.97% to 6,932.30 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 2.47% to 50,115.67.
This was the stock's seventh consecutive day of gains.
Darden Restaurants Inc. closed 5.26% below its 52-week high of $228.27, which the company reached on June 20th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as McDonald's Corp. $(MCD)$ rose 1.14% to $327.16, Starbucks Corp. $(SBUX)$ rose 3.52% to $99.45, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. $(CMG)$ rose 2.44% to $39.39.
Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 261,316 below its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 6, 2026.
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February 06, 2026 17:03 ET (22:03 GMT)
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