DJ Willis Towers Watson PLC Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights.
Shares of Willis Towers Watson PLC $(WTW)$ rallied 2.24% to $258.07 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.38% to 7,337.11 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.63% to 49,596.97.
The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.
Willis Towers Watson PLC closed 26.85% short of its 52-week high of $352.79, which the company reached on October 7th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Accenture PLC Cl A $(ACN)$ rose 3.22% to $180.19, Marsh $(MRSH)$ rose 1.30% to $166.03, and Aon PLC $(AON)$ rose 1.73% to $313.59.
Trading volume (1.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 685,897.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 7, 2026.
This content was created by MarketWatch, which is operated by Dow Jones & Co. MarketWatch is published independently from Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
May 07, 2026 17:03 ET (21:03 GMT)
Copyright (c) 2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.