DJ Accenture PLC Cl A Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Accenture PLC Cl A $(ACN)$ advanced 1.90% to $214.00 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.56% to 6,830.71 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.61% to 47,954.74.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.
Accenture PLC Cl A closed 38.35% short of its 52-week high of $347.10, which the company reached on March 6th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as International Business Machines Corp. $(IBM)$ rose 2.60% to $256.55, Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) rose 2.55% to $222.70, and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. $(CTSH)$ rose 1.01% to $65.78.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 5, 2026.
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March 05, 2026 16:38 ET (21:38 GMT)
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