DJ Ecolab Inc. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Ecolab Inc. $(ECL)$ rallied 1.79% to $283.36 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index remaining mostly unchanged at 7,483.24 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.14% to 52,900.07.
Ecolab Inc. closed 8.38% short of its 52-week high of $309.27, which the company achieved on February 24th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Procter & Gamble Co. $(PG)$ rose 2.70% to $151.41, Waste Management Inc. $(WM)$ rose 2.82% to $230.40, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. $(CL)$ rose 2.55% to $95.13.
Trading volume (889,974) remained 848,400 below its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 2, 2026.
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July 02, 2026 16:41 ET (20:41 GMT)
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