DJ Albemarle Corp. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Albemarle Corp. $(ALB)$ slid 3.84% to $169.00 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.67% to 7,353.61 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.65% to 49,363.88.
This was the stock's sixth consecutive day of losses.
Albemarle Corp. closed 23.53% short of its 52-week high of $221.00, which the company achieved on May 7th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Avantor Inc. $(AVTR)$ rose 0.53% to $7.64, Celanese Corp. $(CE)$ fell 4.05% to $53.49, and Eastman Chemical Co. $(EMN)$ fell 3.93% to $68.15.
Trading volume (2.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.1 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 19, 2026.
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May 19, 2026 17:05 ET (21:05 GMT)
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