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Shares of Clorox Co. shed 4.7% to $97.68 on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.3% to 7,686.14 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.7% to 53,185.90.
This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of losses.
Clorox Co. closed 24.2% short of its 52-week high of $128.90, which the company reached on February 26th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Procter & Gamble Co. rose 0.9% to $145.12, Ecolab Inc. fell 1.2% to $283.20, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. fell 1.02% to $89.82.
Trading volume totaled 13.4 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.5 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet