DJ Clorox Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Clorox Co. $(CLX)$ rallied 1.12% to $105.84 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.49% to 54,349.12 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.17% to 7,723.55.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.
Clorox Co. closed 17.89% short of its 52-week high of $128.90, which the company achieved on February 26th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Procter & Gamble Co. $(PG)$ fell 0.82% to $146.80, Ecolab Inc. $(ECL)$ rose 0.82% to $285.47, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. $(CL)$ rose 0.81% to $93.28.
Trading volume (3.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 5, 2026.
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