DJ Ecolab Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Ecolab Inc. $(ECL.AU)$ rallied 1.44% to $263.13 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.12% to 6,362.90 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.38% to 44,461.28.
The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.
Ecolab Inc. closed 4.03% short of its 52-week high of $274.17, which the company reached on July 3rd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Procter & Gamble Co. $(PG)$ fell 2.38% to $152.88, Waste Management Inc. (WM) fell 1.29% to $232.51, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL) fell 1.22% to $85.80.
Trading volume (1.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 30, 2025.
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