shares of colgatepalmolive co cl inched 042 higher to 7601 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 069 to 389989 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 064 to 3101968 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains colgatepalmolive co closed 960 short of its 52week high 8561 which the company reached on january 6th the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as procter  gamble co pg fell 021 to 13799 unilever plc adr ul rose 038 to 4534 and reckitt benckiser group plc rbgpf fell 008 to 7082 trading volume 36 m remained 748700 below its 50day average volume of 44 m editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use