Albemarle Corp. Stock Slides 4.6%, Underperforms Peers

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Shares of Albemarle Corp. shed 4.6% to $108.25 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index remaining mostly unchanged at 7,704.13 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.3% to 51,349.98.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.

Albemarle Corp. closed 51.0% 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 peers, as Avantor Inc. rose 4.2% to $15.38, Celanese Corp. fell 1.9% to $47.56, and Eastman Chemical Co. fell 0.91% to $66.19.

Trading volume totaled 2.5 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.4 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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September 24, 2026 16:34 ET (20:34 GMT)