Accenture PLC Cl A Stock Climbs 3.2%, Outperforms Peers
Dow Jones2026/10/19 20:34This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones using technology from Automated Insights.
Shares of Accenture PLC Cl A rose 3.2% to $236.93 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.4% to 7,690.73 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.1% to 51,966.03.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains.
Accenture PLC Cl A closed 18.6% short of its 52-week high of $291.09, which the company reached on January 14th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as International Business Machines Corp. rose 1.8% to $236.39, Automatic Data Processing Inc. fell 0.7% to $286.93, and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. rose 1.11% to $66.76.
Trading volume totaled 6.9 million, compared to the 50-day average of 6.2 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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October 19, 2026 16:34 ET (20:34 GMT)
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