Akamai Technologies Inc. Stock Advances 5.3%, Outperforms Market

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Shares of Akamai Technologies Inc. rallied 5.3% to $98.50 on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.7% to 7,676.77 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.3% to 52,361.58.

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

Akamai Technologies Inc. closed 40.5% below its 52-week high of $165.45, which the company achieved on May 13th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its peers, as Synopsys Inc. rose 5.6% to $454.33, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. fell 1.7% to $69.34, and Arista Networks Inc. rose 2.83% to $177.24.

Trading volume totaled 5.7 million, compared to the 50-day average of 4.7 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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October 26, 2026 16:33 ET (20:33 GMT)