Shares of DXC Technology Co.
DXC,
+0.90%
inched 0.90% higher to $34.65 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
+0.83%
rising 0.83% to 4,399.76 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.98%
rising 0.98% to 34,754.94. DXC Technology Co. closed $9.53 short of its 52-week high ($44.18), which the company achieved on August 3rd.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
+0.59%
rose 0.59% to $294.85, Accenture PLC Cl A
ACN,
+0.33%
rose 0.33% to $326.25, and International Business Machines Corp.
IBM,
-0.39%
fell 0.39% to $141.81. Trading volume (899,304) remained 1.1 million below its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.