Biggest Movers in Basic Materials Stocks Now – EGO SID NG NGD

by Portfolio Grader | April 4, 2014 1:15 pm

Basic materials stocks rose broadly on Wall Street so far on Friday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.4%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.1%, the Nasdaq declined 0.5% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.1%.

Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:

• Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO[1]): EGO stock is up 4.2% today.

• National Steel Corp (SID[2]): SID stock is up 3.2% today.

• Novagold Resources Inc (NG[3]): NG stock is up 3.0% today.

• New Gold Inc (NGD[4]): NGD stock is up 2.7% today.

• Kinross Gold Corp (KGC[5]): KGC stock is up 2.4% today.

• Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF[6]): CLF stock is up 2.6% today.

• Vale S.A. (VALE[7]): VALE stock is up 2.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Royal Gold (RGLD[8]): RGLD stock is up 2.3% today.

• Barrick Gold Corp (ABX[9]): ABX stock is up 2.2% today.

• Polyone Corp (POL[10]): POL stock is up 2.2% to a new 52-week high of $39.15.

Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:

• Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW[11]): SHW stock is down 1.5% today.

• Valhi Inc (VHI[12]): VHI stock is down 1.0% to a new 52-week low of $8.32.

• Monsanto Company (MON[13]): MON stock is down 0.8% today.

• Balchem Corp (BCPC[14]): BCPC stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corp (KS[15]): KS stock is down 0.9% today.

• Greif Bros. Corp (GEF.B[16]): GEF.B stock is down 0.4% today.

• Cvr Partners LP Common Units R (UAN[17]): UAN stock is down 0.4% today.

• Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI[18]): SHI stock is down 0.3% to a new 52-week low of $24.60.

• United States Steel Corp (X[19]): X stock is down 0.3% today.

• Sensient Technologies Corp (SXT[20]): SXT stock is down 0.3% today.

For more information on the best stocks to buy[21] right now, check out the latest commentary on InvestorPlace.com[22].

And for more on the hot stocks moving most on Wall Street right now, check out our archive of daily market movers by sector here[23].

Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.

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