DJ Albemarle Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Albemarle Corp. $(ALB)$ rose 2.84% to $179.45 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.67% to 6,368.85 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.73% to 45,166.64.
Albemarle Corp. closed 12.89% short of its 52-week high of $206.00, which the company achieved on February 25th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Avantor Inc. $(AVTR)$ fell 3.39% to $7.41, Celanese Corp. $(CE)$ rose 3.04% to $63.41, and Eastman Chemical Co. $(EMN)$ fell 1.79% to $71.20.
Trading volume (1.6 M) remained 1.2 million below its 50-day average volume of 2.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 27, 2026.
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March 27, 2026 17:07 ET (21:07 GMT)
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