DJ Albemarle Corp. Stock Underperforms Monday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Albemarle Corp. $(ALB)$ shed 2.57% to $175.74 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.32% to 49,686.12 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.07% to 7,403.05.
This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of losses.
Albemarle Corp. closed 20.48% short of its 52-week high of $221.00, which the company reached on May 7th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Avantor Inc. $(AVTR)$ fell 0.26% to $7.60, Celanese Corp. $(CE)$ fell 1.85% to $55.75, and Eastman Chemical Co. $(EMN)$ fell 0.89% to $70.94.
Trading volume (1.9 M) remained 134,319 below its 50-day average volume of 2.1 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 18, 2026.
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May 18, 2026 17:04 ET (21:04 GMT)
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