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Shares of Clorox Co. slipped 3.7% to $83.94 on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.8% to 7,706.03 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.7% to 51,511.59.
The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak.
Clorox Co. closed 34.9% 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. fell 0.6% to $147.39, Ecolab Inc. rose 0.2% to $276.72, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. fell 1.29% to $85.93.
Trading volume totaled 2.3 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.9 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet