Clorox Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.Clorox Co. (CLX) shares rose 2.86% to $98.26, outperforming competitors like Procter & Gamble and Ecolab on a strong trading day. The gain snapped a three-day losing streak and saw volume exceed its 50-day average. Meanwhile, the broader market rallied with the S&P 500 up 1.48% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.32%. Clorox remains 23.77% below its 52-week high.
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Shares of Clorox Co. (CLX) rose 2.86% to $98.26 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.48% to 7,600.50 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.32% to 53,178.41.
The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak.
Clorox Co. closed 23.77% short of its 52-week high of $128.90, which the company reached on February 26th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) rose 0.33% to $144.97, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) rose 0.65% to $279.43, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL) fell 1.56% to $89.88.
Trading volume (3.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 3, 2026.
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