Oil Falls 2% to $75.31 as Accenture Shares Slide After Q3 Results

Oil fell 2% on Thursday to $75.31 a barrel, while silver sank 6% to $66.505 an ounce and copper and gold also moved lower. Accenture reported Q3 earnings per share of $3.80 above expectations, but revenue came in slightly below consensus. U.S. stocks rose broadly with tech leading, while energy shares fell 2.1%, and European and Asian markets ended mixed.