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Shares of Moody's Corp. advanced 6.5% to $450.76 on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.6% to 6,881.31 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.3% to 49,662.66.
Moody's Corp. closed 17.6% below its 52-week high of $546.88, which the company reached on January 15th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as S&P Global Inc. rose 2.2% to $419.38, MSCI Inc. rose 4.6% to $545.25, and Equifax Inc. fell 0.06% to $192.59.
Trading volume totaled 2.4 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.1 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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February 18, 2026 16:33 ET (21:33 GMT)
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