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Shares of Accenture PLC Cl A /zigman2/quotes/201711136/composite ACN +0.97% slipped 3.70% to $342.39 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +0.57% falling 1.81% to 4,504.08 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +0.43% falling 1.47% to 35,241.59. The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak. Accenture PLC Cl A closed $74.98 below its 52-week high ($417.37), which the company achieved on December 29th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as SAP SE ADR /zigman2/quotes/207905606/composite SAP +1.41% fell 1.93% to $123.85, International Business Machines Corp. /zigman2/quotes/203856914/composite IBM -0.38% fell 1.93% to $133.52, and Infosys Ltd. ADR /zigman2/quotes/208929210/composite INFY +1.06% fell 2.01% to $22.94. Trading volume (2.4 M) remained 354,587 below its 50-day average volume of 2.7 M.
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