DJ Ecolab Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Ecolab Inc. $(ECL)$ slipped 1.20% to $258.70 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.27% to 6,606.49 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.44% to 46,021.43.
This was the stock's 14th consecutive day of losses.
Ecolab Inc. closed 16.35% below its 52-week high of $309.27, which the company reached on February 24th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Procter & Gamble Co. $(PG)$ fell 1.27% to $144.84, Waste Management Inc. $(WM)$ rose 0.02% to $233.83, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. $(CL)$ fell 2.31% to $85.50.
Trading volume (2.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 19, 2026.
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March 19, 2026 16:44 ET (20:44 GMT)
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