Dow Chemical was an exception: the chemical maker was up 10percentt after it reported third-quarter net income that beat analysts' expectations.
Dow Chemical (DOW, 20) is the world's best large chemical maker.
They also closed a chemical maker suspected of selling falsely labeled ingredients to foreign companies.
Huntsman, a chemical maker, is seeking more than $3 billion in damages.
The chemical maker also reported revenue that fell short of Wall Street's expectations.
Shares of DuPont, the chemical maker, rose 1.4 percent, to $54.63.
The chemical maker, the nation's largest, reported net income of $762 million, or 81 cents a share.
The German drug and chemical maker Bayer said first-quarter profit rose 56percentt, helped by its plastics business.
Then, in July, it announced plans to acquire the specialty chemical maker Rohm & Haas, for more than $15 billion.
His mother retired as an accountant for the American Cyanamid Company, the chemical maker that was in Wayne, N.J.
The 600-employee manufacturing plant in Brooklyn is where Pfizer started as a chemical maker in 1849.
