Albemarle Corp. Stock Rallies 4.5%, Outperforms Peers

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Shares of Albemarle Corp. rallied 4.5% to $131.11 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.6% to 7,757.64 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.3% to 54,036.93.

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

Albemarle Corp. closed 40.7% short of its 52-week high of $221.00, which the company reached on May 7th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Avantor Inc. rose 3.1% to $13.59, Celanese Corp. fell 0.1% to $43.89, and Eastman Chemical Co. rose 0.19% to $73.64.

Trading volume totaled 2.6 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.4 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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August 07, 2026 16:35 ET (20:35 GMT)