[Accenture plunges over 17% post-earnings, dragging down the IT services sector] According to Golden Finance, on June 18, the IT services sector declined, with Accenture dropping over 17%, Wipro and Cognizant falling nearly 8%, IBM down 6.6%, Infosys down 5.7%, and GDS Holdings dropping over 3%. On the news front, Accenture announced that third-quarter order volume unexpectedly decreased by 2%, pointing to ongoing fundamental uncertainties in the industry under the "AI disrupts everything" mega-storm led by AI application leader Anthropic. The company expects fourth-quarter revenue to range between $17.75 billion and $18.4 billion, below analysts' consensus estimate of approximately $18.47 billion.