DJ Darden Restaurants Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Darden Restaurants Inc. $(DRI)$ rallied 2.54% to $212.23 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.52% to 7,316.15 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 2.19% to 51,594.14.
This was the stock's sixth consecutive day of gains.
Darden Restaurants Inc. closed 3.81% short of its 52-week high of $220.65, which the company reached on February 18th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as McDonald's Corp. $(MCD)$ fell 0.55% to $271.52, Starbucks Corp. $(SBUX)$ rose 1.01% to $104.14, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. $(CMG)$ rose 2.18% to $34.24.
Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 11,135 below its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 29, 2026.