Colgate-Palmolive delisting from Dutch exchange

NEW YORK (AP) - Consumer products maker Colgate-Palmolive Co. on Friday said it received approval to stop selling its common stock on the Amsterdam stock exchange.

The shares will be delisted from NYSE Euronext Amsterdam before the opening of the market on June 21. The last date to trade the company's shares there will be June 18.

The company, which makes toothpaste, soap, cleaning products and pet food, delisted from NYSE-Euronext Paris last month. It also plans to remove its stock from other European exchanges. The stock trades in Frankfurt, London and Zurich.

In morning trading, shares of Colgate-Palmolive slipped 36 cents to $79.94 on the New York Stock Exchange.