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Shares of Church & Dwight Co. advanced 3.8% to $102.53 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.3% to 53,417.16 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.3% to 7,652.86.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.

Church & Dwight Co. closed 3.3% below its 52-week high of $106.04, which the company reached on February 24th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Procter & Gamble Co. rose 1.3% to $146.60, Ecolab Inc. rose 1.9% to $286.98, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. rose 1.61% to $92.55.

Trading volume totaled 1.8 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.9 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet