DJ Celanese Corp. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Celanese Corp. $(CE)$ slipped 5.99% to $58.40 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.38% to 7,337.11 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.63% to 49,596.97.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Celanese Corp. closed 17.40% short of its 52-week high of $70.70, which the company reached on May 5th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Avantor Inc. $(AVTR)$ fell 1.42% to $8.31, Westlake Corp. $(WLK)$ fell 2.54% to $97.38, and Huntsman Corp. $(HUN)$ fell 2.38% to $14.74.
Trading volume (3.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 7, 2026.
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May 07, 2026 17:21 ET (21:21 GMT)
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