DJ Celanese Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Celanese Corp. $(CE)$ advanced 4.10% to $67.76 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.02% to 7,209.01 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.62% to 49,652.14.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Celanese Corp. closed 1.47% short of its 52-week high of $68.77, which the company reached on April 16th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Avantor Inc. $(AVTR)$ rose 3.18% to $8.10, Westlake Corp. $(WLK)$ rose 3.47% to $115.28, and Huntsman Corp. $(HUN)$ rose 8.45% to $14.37.
Trading volume (1.5 M) remained 1.1 million below its 50-day average volume of 2.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 30, 2026.
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April 30, 2026 17:19 ET (21:19 GMT)
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