Shares of Church & Dwight Co. CHD, -0.28% slipped 1.08% to $83.21 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, 1.20% rising 0.95% to 4,395.64 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, 1.43% rising 1.00% to 34,258.32. The stock’s fall snapped a three-day winning streak. Church & Dwight Co. closed $13.10 short of its 52-week high ($96.31), which the company reached on October 14th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Johnson & Johnson JNJ, 0.76% fell 0.36% to $163.93, Procter & Gamble Co. PG, 0.23% rose 0.34% to $143.60, and Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC RBGPF, -1.21% fell 1.21% to $78.38. Trading volume (917,060) remained 255,684 below its 50-day average volume of 1.2 M.