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Shares of Accenture PLC Cl A advanced 5.2% to $177.55 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.3% to 49,686.12 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.1% to 7,403.05.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.
Accenture PLC Cl A closed 45.0% short of its 52-week high of $322.86, which the company reached on May 21st.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its peers, as International Business Machines Corp. rose 1.6% to $222.75, Automatic Data Processing Inc. rose 3.9% to $222.94, and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. rose 9.82% to $51.40.
Trading volume totaled 5.4 million, compared to the 50-day average of 6.6 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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May 18, 2026 16:35 ET (20:35 GMT)
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