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Shares of Albemarle Corp. shed 7.5% to $164.73 on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.9% to 6,816.63 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.8% to 48,501.27.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of losses.
Albemarle Corp. closed 20.0% below its 52-week high of $206.00, which the company reached on February 25th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Avantor Inc. fell 0.3% to $8.78, Celanese Corp. rose 3.2% to $51.32, and Eastman Chemical Co. fell 1.49% to $74.16.
Trading volume totaled 3.4 million, compared to the 50-day average of 3.1 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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March 03, 2026 16:32 ET (21:32 GMT)
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