DJ Ecolab Inc. Stock Rises Wednesday, Still Underperforms Market
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Shares of Ecolab Inc. $(ECL)$ rallied 1.13% to $236.55 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.83% to 5,949.91 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.65% to 43,221.55.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.
Ecolab Inc. closed 9.92% short of its 52-week high of $262.61, which the company achieved on October 18th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Procter & Gamble Co. $(PG)$ fell 0.06% to $159.65, Waste Management Inc. $(WM)$ rose 0.40% to $208.00, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. $(CL)$ rose 0.22% to $87.86.
Trading volume (1.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.1 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 15, 2025.
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January 15, 2025 17:23 ET (22:23 GMT)
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