shares of accenture plc cl a acn inched 089 higher to 31148 monday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 093 to 433893 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 056 to 3406633 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains accenture plc cl a closed 1140 short of its 52week high 32288 which the company reached on august 16th the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as international business machines corp ibm rose 083 to 13642 editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use