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Shares of Accenture PLC Cl A rallied 8.3% to $207.38 on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average remaining mostly unchanged at 49,499.20 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.5% to 6,908.86.
The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak.
Accenture PLC Cl A closed 42.7% below its 52-week high of $361.62, which the company achieved on February 27th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as International Business Machines Corp. rose 1.9% to $242.01, Automatic Data Processing Inc. rose 1.9% to $218.36, and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. rose 5.94% to $64.97.
Trading volume totaled 10.4 million, compared to the 50-day average of 5.3 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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February 26, 2026 16:33 ET (21:33 GMT)
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