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Shares of Gartner Inc. rallied 5.3% to $179.59 on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.9% to 7,656.98 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.0% to 52,573.29.

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

Gartner Inc. closed 32.4% below its 52-week high of $265.85, which the company achieved on September 26th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Trade Desk Inc. Cl A rose 2.6% to $14.34, IQVIA Holdings Inc. rose 1.7% to $261.77, and Omnicom Group Inc. fell 0.55% to $79.01.

Trading volume totaled 900,243, compared to the 50-day average of 1.3 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet