Albemarle Corp. Stock Slides 3.6%, Underperforms Peers
Dow Jones2026/09/18 20:35This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones using technology from Automated Insights.
Shares of Albemarle Corp. slid 3.6% to $110.91 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.2% to 7,650.50 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.2% to 51,682.64.
Albemarle Corp. closed 49.8% short of its 52-week high of $221.00, which the company reached on May 7th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Avantor Inc. fell 2.1% to $15.52, Celanese Corp. fell 3.0% to $45.41, and Eastman Chemical Co. fell 0.83% to $65.69.
Trading volume totaled 4.9 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.2 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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September 18, 2026 16:35 ET (20:35 GMT)
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