Shares of Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL, +0.38% inched 0.38% higher to $78.25 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.31% rising 0.32% to 3,385.51 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.16% rising 0.17% to 27,739.73. This was the stock’s fifth consecutive day of gains. Colgate-Palmolive Co. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $78.19, which the company achieved on August 19th.

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