DJ Ecolab Inc. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Ecolab Inc. $(ECL)$ slipped 0.90% to $235.53 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.04% to 42,342.24 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.09% to 5,867.08.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of losses.
Ecolab Inc. closed $27.08 below its 52-week high ($262.61), which the company achieved on October 18th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Procter & Gamble Co. $(PG)$ rose 0.07% to $169.19, Waste Management Inc. $(WM)$ rose 0.05% to $205.53, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. $(CL)$ rose 0.18% to $92.92.
Trading volume (1.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled December 19, 2024.
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December 19, 2024 16:49 ET (21:49 GMT)
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