shares of ecolab inc ecl inched 008 higher to 23086 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 009 to 470170 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 029 to 3643222 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains ecolab inc closed 039 below its 52week high 23125 which the company achieved on september 9th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors monday as procter  gamble co pg fell 075 to 14495 ppg industries inc ppg fell 038 to 16247 and clorox co clx rose 062 to 16427 trading volume 734232 remained 247750 below its 50day average volume of 981982 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