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Shares of Darden Restaurants Inc. slipped 4.7% to $196.43 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.5% to 6,950.23 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.6% to 49,412.40.
Darden Restaurants Inc. closed 13.9% short of its 52-week high of $228.27, which the company reached on June 20th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as McDonald's Corp. rose 1.2% to $312.95, Starbucks Corp. fell 1.3% to $96.33, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. fell 2.81% to $39.72.
Trading volume totaled 1.9 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.7 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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January 26, 2026 16:32 ET (21:32 GMT)
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