DJ Darden Restaurants Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Darden Restaurants Inc. $(DRI)$ rose 3.11% to $214.33 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.26% to 6,944.47 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.60% to 49,442.44.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Darden Restaurants Inc. closed 6.11% short of its 52-week high of $228.27, which the company achieved on June 20th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as McDonald's Corp. $(MCD)$ rose 0.16% to $308.62, Starbucks Corp. $(SBUX)$ rose 2.34% to $93.28, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. $(CMG)$ fell 0.57% to $40.36.
Trading volume (2.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 15, 2026.
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January 15, 2026 17:04 ET (22:04 GMT)
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