Shares of Accenture PLC Cl A ACN, -1.55% slid 1.55% to $264.76 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.45% falling 1.45% to 3,822.39 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.05% falling 1.05% to 33,027.49. The stock’s fall snapped a two-day winning streak. Accenture PLC Cl A closed $152.61 below its 52-week high ($417.37), which the company reached on December 29th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as International Business Machines Corp. IBM, -0.89% fell 0.89% to $140.88. Trading volume (2.2 M) remained 56,530 below its 50-day average volume of 2.3 M.