Shares of Albemarle Corp. ALB, -0.63% slid 0.63% to $221.04 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.44% rising 1.44% to 4,109.31 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.26% rising 1.26% to 33,274.15. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Albemarle Corp. closed $113.51 short of its 52-week high ($334.55), which the company achieved on November 11th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Avantor Inc. AVTR, -0.56% fell 0.56% to $21.14. Trading volume (1.8 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.