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Shares of CF Industries Holdings Inc. rose 5.6% to $125.70 on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.9% to 7,641.16 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.3% to 52,759.21.
CF Industries Holdings Inc. closed 11.5% below its 52-week high of $141.96, which the company reached on March 30th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Mosaic Co. rose 5.0% to $23.35, Westlake Corp. fell 0.8% to $78.85.
Trading volume totaled 3.3 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.6 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet