DJ Ecolab Inc. Stock Rises Wednesday, Still Underperforms Market
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Shares of Ecolab Inc. $(ECL)$ rallied 5.27% to $237.55 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 9.52% to 5,456.90 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 7.87% to 40,608.45.
The stock's rise snapped a five-day losing streak.
Ecolab Inc. closed 13.20% short of its 52-week high of $273.69, which the company reached on March 3rd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Procter & Gamble Co. $(PG)$ rose 2.48% to $162.32, Waste Management Inc. $(WM)$ rose 3.67% to $224.42, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. $(CL)$ rose 1.84% to $90.23.
Trading volume (1.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 9, 2025.
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