Williams Cos. Stock Climbs 4.7%, Outperforms Peers

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Shares of Williams Cos. rose 4.7% to $74.41 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index remaining mostly unchanged at 7,675.70 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.2% to 53,463.88.

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

Williams Cos. closed 7.1% short of its 52-week high of $80.08, which the company reached on May 20th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Enterprise Products Partners L.P. rose 2.3% to $39.14, Kinder Morgan Inc. rose 3.5% to $32.02, and Williams Cos. rose 4.68% to $74.41.

Trading volume totaled 8.2 million, compared to the 50-day average of 7.1 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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