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Shares of Accenture PLC Cl A rose 5.5% to $144.61 on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.5% to 7,533.77 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.2% to 52,552.97.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Accenture PLC Cl A closed 50.3% below its 52-week high of $291.09, which the company achieved on January 14th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as International Business Machines Corp. rose 3.7% to $219.05, Automatic Data Processing Inc. rose 3.7% to $256.56, and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. rose 3.20% to $44.56.
Trading volume totaled 8.8 million, compared to the 50-day average of 8.8 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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July 16, 2026 16:35 ET (20:35 GMT)
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