Accenture PLC Cl A Stock Rallies 15.8%, Outperforms Peers

This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones using technology from Automated Insights.

Shares of Accenture PLC Cl A jumped 15.8% to $212.30 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.2% to 7,666.45 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average remaining mostly unchanged at 50,926.56.

This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.

Accenture PLC Cl A closed 27.1% below its 52-week high of $291.09, which the company achieved on January 14th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as International Business Machines Corp. rose 2.6% to $225.62, Automatic Data Processing Inc. rose 2.3% to $263.96, and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. rose 5.99% to $60.88.

Trading volume totaled 28.9 million, compared to the 50-day average of 5.8 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

October 01, 2026 16:33 ET (20:33 GMT)