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Computacenter Shares Jump 6.67% in Early London Trading

Computacenter has pushed towards the top of its day's range and sits 14% below its 52-week high, with the shares up 69% so far this year.

Computacenter (LON: CCC), the IT services group, was trading 6.67% higher at 4,896p by 8:15am in London today. The rise extends a year in which the shares have already climbed strongly.

At that level the shares sit 14% below their 52-week high and 83% above their 52-week low, and are up 69% year to date. About 42,700 shares had changed hands by then, roughly a fifth of the 20-day average daily volume of about 206,000.

Line chart of Computacenter's daily closing share price over the month to 26 October 2026; last point is the delayed intraday quote
Computacenter’s daily closing share price over the month to 26 October 2026; the last point is today’s intraday quote.

How unusual this is

Today’s gain ranks fourth among the biggest daily moves of the past 126 sessions, roughly six months of trading. Only three days in that stretch produced a larger move.

Chart of Computacenter's daily share price changes over six months with today's move highlighted
Computacenter’s daily share price changes over six months, with today’s intraday move highlighted.
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What was behind it

The move appears to follow a third-quarter trading update that raised the 2026 profit outlook to adjusted pre-tax profit of no less than £425m.

Shares have traded between 4,588p and 4,960p so far today, and the 4,896p quote at 8:15am sits in the top fifth of that range, about 83% of the way up.

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