DJ Darden Restaurants Inc. Stock Rises Monday, Still Underperforms Market
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Shares of Darden Restaurants Inc. $(DRI)$ rose 1.31% to $206.24 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.48% to 7,600.50 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.32% to 53,178.41.
The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.
Darden Restaurants Inc. closed 6.53% short of its 52-week high of $220.65, which the company reached on February 18th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as McDonald's Corp. $(MCD)$ fell 2.00% to $265.23, Starbucks Corp. $(SBUX)$ fell 1.79% to $103.37, and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. $(CMG)$ rose 0.64% to $37.46.
Trading volume (1.2 M) remained 194,304 below its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 3, 2026.