Commodity Chemicals

Analysts at UBS downgrade Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE) from “buy” to “neutral.” The target price for CE has been raised from $45 to $48. CE shares gained 1.71% to close at $45.29 on Friday. More Analyst Ratings here

Recently ticking higher, hearing Georgia Gulf up-move attributed to UBS's positive mention (NYSE: GGC). This article may include mentions of rumors, chatter, or unconfirmed information. Readers should beware that while unconfirmed information may be correlated with increased volatility in...

Best 1) Opexa Therapeutics (NASDAQ: OPXA): Trading up 24% from yesterday's close to $2.27. A positive report emanating from a clinical trial of its drug Tovaxin has shares up. 2) Assured Guaranty (NYSE: AGO): Trading up 18.84% from yesterday's close to $16.84. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has...

Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co Ltd (NASDAQ: FFHL) fell 19.08% to $3.69 at 10:00 am. FFHL shares have jumped 303.54% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 8.57% in the same period. China HGS Real Estate Inc (NASDAQ: HGSH) shares dipped 14.62% to $2.22. HGSH's trailing-twelve-...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) is “at a level that I'm really interested in. You need to buy in at the right level and get out at the right level. I'd pull the trigger." For Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), he said, "I think you wait a...

Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE) today announced the results of the offer by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Celanese US Holdings LLC, to exchange up to $600 million principal amount of newly issued 6 5/8% Senior Notes due 2018, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, for a like principal amount...

Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE) announced today that its subsidiary, Celanese EVA Performance Polymers Inc., will increase the price of all grades of Ateva EVA by $0.06/pound and all grades of LDPE by $0.05/pound effective May 1, 2011, or as contracts allow.

According to Piper Jaffray, Calgon Carbon (NYSE: CCC) competitive landscape is improved by Norit/ADA-ES ruling. Piper Jaffray reported that it views today's arbitration ruling in favor of Norit as an incremental positive for CCC and pricing in the mercury removal activated carbon market. “The...

Gilford Securities is out with a research report this afternoon, where it downgrades shares of Celanese (NYSE: CE) to Sell, from Hold. The GS analysts cited the stock's huge 70% gain over the past nine months for the downgrade, noting that shares are up strongly, but not on upward earnings...

Gilford Securities downgraded Celanese (NYSE: CE) from Hold to Sell in a research report published today. In the report, Gilford Securities states, "We upgraded our rating on CE shares from HOLD to BUY on 6/24/10 at $27.20; we then downgraded back to HOLD on 11/1/10 at $35.65. In the past nine...

Braskem (NYSE: BAK) has hit a 52-week high in today's trading. At last check the year-to-date performance of Braskem has been a gain of 16.3%.

Analysts at BB&T upgrade Georgia Gulf Corporation (NYSE: GGC) from “hold” to “buy.” The target price for GGC is set to $45. GGC shares gained 1.79% to close at $38.59 on Friday. More Analyst Ratings here

Celanese (NYSE: CE) has hit a 52-week high in today's trading. At last check the year-to-date performance of Celanese has been a gain of 13.3%.

Westlake Chemical (NYSE: WLK) has hit a 52-week high in today's trading. At last check the year-to-date performance of Westlake has been a gain of 37%.

Fuwei Films Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: FFHL) today announced that it has filed an administrative lawsuit with United States Court of International Trade in connection with anti-dumping duties imposed pursuant to the first administrative review issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce on March 18, 2011.