Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – AUY PH SIM X
by Portfolio Grader | April 29, 2014 6:15 pm
Basic materials stocks finished up 0.7% on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.5%, the Nasdaq was up 0.8% and the S&P 500 rose 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Yamana Gold (AUY[1]): AUY stock is up 3.0% today.
- Parker-Hannifin Corp (PH[2]): PH stock is up 2.6% today.
- Grupo Simec S.A. De C.V. (SIM[3]): SIM stock is up 2.5% today.
- United States Steel Corp (X[4]): X stock is up 2.4% today.
- Novagold Resources Inc (NG[5]): NG stock is up 2.3% today.
- Century Aluminum Company (CENX[6]): CENX stock is up 2.3% today.
- Randgold Resources Limited (GOLD[7]): GOLD stock is up 2.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Teck Resources Ltd (TCK[8]): TCK stock is up 2.2% today.
- Aurico Gold Inc (AUQ[9]): AUQ stock is up 2.2% today.
- Barrick Gold Corp (ABX[10]): ABX stock is up 2.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Stepan Company (SCL[11]): SCL stock is down 2.2%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Wd-40 Company (WDFC[12]): WDFC stock is down 1.2% today.
- RBC Bearings Inc (ROLL[13]): ROLL stock is down 1.1% today.
- Innospec Inc (IOSP[14]): IOSP stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Balchem Corp (BCPC[15]): BCPC stock is down 0.9% today and down 20.0% in the last month.
- Fibria Celulose S.A. (FBR[16]): FBR stock is down 0.9%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (BVN[17]): BVN stock is down 0.8% today.
- Rexnord Corp (RXN[18]): RXN stock is down 0.7% today.
- Enpro Industries (NPO[19]): NPO stock is down 0.7% today.
- Praxair (PX[20]): PX stock is down 0.7% 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:
- AUY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AUY
- PH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PH
- SIM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SIM
- X: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=X
- NG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NG
- CENX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CENX
- GOLD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GOLD
- TCK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TCK
- AUQ: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AUQ
- ABX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ABX
- SCL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SCL
- WDFC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WDFC
- ROLL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ROLL
- IOSP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IOSP
- BCPC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BCPC
- FBR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FBR
- BVN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BVN
- RXN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RXN
- NPO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NPO
- PX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PX
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