CW75 Stock Performance

The CW 75 Index fell 3.9% for the week ended August 23. The MSCI and the Standard & Poor’s 500 declined 3.2% and 2.6%, respectively, as investor concern about the global economic outlook persists. Basic chemical shares reported the largest drop, falling 6.6%. Diversified chemical stocks fell 4.8%, and specialty chemical shares declined 3.6%. Electronic chemical stocks including ATMI, Cabot Microelectronics, and MEMC were among the leaders because they rose in line with the technology sector. That sector began to slide after CW press time. Clariant...

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