DJ Darden Restaurants Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Darden Restaurants Inc. $(DRI)$ rose 1.79% to $225.56 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.26% to 53,417.16 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.28% to 7,652.86.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Darden Restaurants Inc. closed 1.83% short of its 52-week high of $229.76, which the company reached on August 13th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as McDonald's Corp. $(MCD)$ rose 0.59% to $272.54, Starbucks Corp. $(SBUX)$ rose 0.38% to $107.49, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. $(CMG)$ rose 3.04% to $38.02.
Trading volume (883,914) remained 517,654 below its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 24, 2026.