Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) stock rose Thursday after the company posted solid second-quarter sales growth and reaffirmed full-year earnings guidance.The company reported second-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $2.08, missing the analyst consensus estimate of $2.10.MetricsQuarterly sales of $3.102 billion (+7.3% year over year) outpaced the Street view of $3.071 billion.Also Read: Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Nasdaq Futures Gain, Dow Flat—Accenture, Micron Technologies And FedEx In FocusThe fi ...