Why did International Business Machines stock rise on 8 October?
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International Business Machines +2.77%
IBM rose sharply as DARPA advanced its quantum work. Over the last five trading days International Business Machines was roughly unchanged, lagging a market that rose clearly while its own Technology sector was flat, so the week's net move was muted even though the latest session stood out. The sharpest likely driver of that session was IBM's selection for Stage C of DARPA's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, where independent experts test whether its hardware can become a fault-tolerant quantum computer — one that keeps working reliably despite errors — a step IBM says points toward a first such system in 2029. Sentiment was likely also helped by Accenture's strong consulting results, which read across to IBM's consulting business, and by IBM's rollout of self-hosted versions of its Bob AI coding tool for private and air-gapped environments, meaning networks cut off from the internet. The next thing to watch is third-quarter results in late October, when investors will look for signs that the AI and consulting story is holding up.
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