Shares of Albemarle Corp. ALB, -4.01% slipped 4.01% to $122.60 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.12% rising 0.12% to 4,508.24 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.13% falling 0.13% to 34,945.47.
The stock’s fall snapped a two-day winning streak.
Albemarle Corp. closed $170.41 short of its 52-week high ($293.01), which the company achieved on February 16th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Avantor Inc. AVTR, remained unchanged.
Trading volume (3.6 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.7 M.