DJ Ecolab Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Ecolab Inc. $(ECL)$ slid 1.59% to $303.46 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.04% to 6,881.62 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.15% to 48,904.78.
The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak.
Ecolab Inc. closed 1.88% short of 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 Monday, as Procter & Gamble Co. $(PG)$ fell 2.21% to $163.51, Waste Management Inc. $(WM)$ rose 0.93% to $243.07, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. $(CL)$ fell 1.86% to $97.30.
Trading volume (1.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 2, 2026.
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March 02, 2026 16:41 ET (21:41 GMT)
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