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title: "Darden Restaurants Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day"
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# Darden Restaurants Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day

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Shares of Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI) rallied 1.00% to $210.94 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.18% to 7,709.96 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.85% to 53,885.10.

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

Darden Restaurants Inc. closed 4.40% below its 52-week high of $220.65, which the company reached on February 18th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as McDonald's Corp. (MCD) rose 0.82% to $276.26, Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) fell 0.79% to $105.16, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (CMG) fell 2.29% to $33.71.

Trading volume (1.1 M) remained 337,664 below its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 6, 2026.

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