DJ Ecolab Inc. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Ecolab Inc. $(ECL)$ slipped 1.45% to $230.93 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.22% to 5,868.55 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.36% to 42,392.27.
This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of losses.
Ecolab Inc. closed $31.68 short of its 52-week high ($262.61), which the company reached on October 18th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Procter & Gamble Co. $(PG)$ fell 1.00% to $165.98, Waste Management Inc. $(WM)$ fell 0.62% to $200.54, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. $(CL)$ fell 0.40% to $90.55.
Trading volume (913,450) remained 177,610 below its 50-day average volume of 1.1 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 2, 2025.
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January 02, 2025 16:49 ET (21:49 GMT)
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