DJ Ecolab Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Ecolab Inc. $(ECL)$ shed 1.18% to $274.58 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.25% to 7,651.54 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.86% to 50,906.05.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Ecolab Inc. closed 11.22% short of its 52-week high of $309.27, which the company reached on February 24th.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) fell 2.05% to $145.28, Waste Management Inc. (WM) fell 1.53% to $203.92, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL) fell 1.32% to $85.32.
Trading volume (1.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 30, 2026.