DJ Celanese Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Celanese Corp. $(CE)$ surged 14.75% to $59.60 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.52% to 6,672.62 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.56% to 46,677.85.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Celanese Corp. closed 6.22% below its 52-week high of $63.55, which the company achieved on July 10th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Avantor Inc. $(AVTR)$ fell 4.70% to $7.90, Westlake Corp. $(WLK)$ rose 6.72% to $114.22, and Huntsman Corp. $(HUN)$ rose 8.94% to $12.80.
Trading volume (6.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 12, 2026.
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March 12, 2026 17:20 ET (21:20 GMT)
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