Biggest Movers in Basic Materials Stocks Now – RPM MON SXT X
by Portfolio Grader | April 3, 2014 12:00 pm
Basic materials stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street so far on Thursday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.7%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.1% higher, the Nasdaq rose 0.2% and the S&P 500 increased 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- RPM International Inc (RPM[1]): RPM stock is up 6.7% to a new 52-week high of $44.99.
- Monsanto Company (MON[2]): MON stock is up 2.0%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Sensient Technologies Corp (SXT[3]): SXT stock is up 2.0% to a new 52-week high of $57.00.
- United States Steel Corp (X[4]): X stock is up 1.8% today.
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH[5]): ACH stock is up 1.8%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Huntsman Corp (HUN[6]): HUN stock is up 1.7%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS[7]): AKS stock is up 1.8% today and up 20.7% in the last month.
- Valspar Corp (VAL[8]): VAL stock is up 1.4% today.
- Olin Corp (OLN[9]): OLN stock is up 1.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Eastman Chemical Company (EMN[10]): EMN stock is up 1.1% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- National Steel Corp (SID[11]): SID stock is down 2.5% today.
- First Majestic Silver (AG[12]): AG stock is down 2.5% today.
- Rio Tinto Plc (RIO[13]): RIO stock is down 2.4% today.
- Gerdau S.A. (GGB[14]): GGB stock is down 1.9% today.
- Vale S.A. (VALE[15]): VALE stock is down 1.9% today.
- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU[16]): AU stock is down 1.7% today.
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI[17]): SHI stock is down 1.6% to a new 52-week low of $24.72.
- Barrick Gold Corp (ABX[18]): ABX stock is down 1.5% today.
- Iamgold Corp (IAG[19]): IAG stock is down 1.4% today.
- Kinross Gold Corp (KGC[20]): KGC stock is down 1.4% today.
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Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.
Endnotes:
- RPM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RPM
- MON: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MON
- SXT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SXT
- X: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=X
- ACH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACH
- HUN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HUN
- AKS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AKS
- VAL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VAL
- OLN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OLN
- EMN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=EMN
- SID: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SID
- AG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AG
- RIO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RIO
- GGB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GGB
- VALE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VALE
- AU: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AU
- SHI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SHI
- ABX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ABX
- IAG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IAG
- KGC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=KGC
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