| FOURTH-QUARTER STOCK PRICEa | CHANGE FROM THIRD-QUARTER CLOSE | CHANGE FROM 2004 CLOSE | PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOb | |||
| HIGH | LOW | CLOSE | ||||
| Air Products | $61.39 | $53.33 | $59.19 | 7.3% | 2.1% | 20 |
| Albemarle | 38.91 | 33.52 | 38.35 | 1.7 | -0.9 | 18 |
| Arch | 30.95 | 22.15 | 29.90 | 28.6 | 3.9 | 27 |
| Cabot | 36.64 | 30.77 | 35.80 | 8.5 | -7.4 | 18 |
| Cambrex | 19.41 | 16.88 | 18.77 | -1.0 | -30.7 | 34 |
| Cytec Industries | 47.64 | 41.07 | 47.63 | 9.8 | -7.4 | 15 |
| Dow Chemical | 47.20 | 41.19 | 43.82 | 5.2 | -11.5 | 10 |
| DuPont | 43.48 | 37.83 | 42.50 | 8.5 | -13.4 | 17 |
| Eastman Chemical | 56.52 | 45.52 | 51.59 | 9.8 | -10.6 | 9 |
| Engelhard | 31.00 | 26.95 | 30.15 | 8.0 | -1.7 | 16 |
| Ferro | 19.70 | 16.33 | 18.76 | 2.4 | -19.1 | na |
| FMC Corp. | 56.48 | 49.20 | 53.17 | -7.1 | 10.1 | 13 |
| H.B. Fuller | 32.99 | 28.64 | 32.07 | 3.2 | 12.5 | 20 |
| Georgia Gulf | 31.10 | 21.65 | 30.42 | 26.3 | -38.9 | 11 |
| Hercules | 12.25 | 10.20 | 11.30 | -7.5 | -23.9 | 13 |
| Huntsman Corp. | 20.28 | 17.22 | 17.22 | -11.9 | -29.7c | na |
| Lubrizol | 43.70 | 40.20 | 43.43 | 0.2 | 17.8 | 15 |
| Nalco | 18.33 | 15.05 | 17.71 | 5.0 | -9.3 | na |
| PPG Industries | 62.10 | 55.95 | 57.90 | -2.2 | -15.1 | 12 |
| PolyOne | 6.50 | 5.36 | 6.43 | 6.1 | -29.0 | 10 |
| Praxair | 54.08 | 46.38 | 52.96 | 10.5 | 20.0 | 22 |
| Rohm and Haas | 49.19 | 40.10 | 48.42 | 17.7 | 9.5 | 17 |
| Sigma-Aldrich | 66.67 | 61.31 | 63.29 | -1.2 | 4.7 | 19 |
| Stepan | 27.48 | 23.73 | 26.89 | 7.3 | 10.4 | 19 |
| Terra Industries | 6.42 | 5.14 | 5.60 | -15.8 | -36.9 | 7 |
| C&EN chemical stock indexd (1992 = 100) | 198.9 | 178.9 | 196.0 | 5.2% | -4.6% | |
| Dow Jones industrial average | 10931.6 | 10215.2 | 10717.5 | 1.4% | -0.6% | |
a a Adjusted for stock splits. b As of Dec. 30, 2005. c From beginning of trading on Feb. 14, 2005. d Based on the average stock price for the 25 companies listed. na = not available.
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