Basic materials stocks advanced broadly 0.5% on Wall Street so far on Monday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.5%, the Nasdaq rose 0.5% and the S&P 500 increased 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd (HMY): HMY stock is up 3.4% today.
- Stillwater Mining Company (SWC): SWC stock is up 3.2% to $16.02, near the 52-week high of $16.04.
- Randgold Resources Limited (GOLD): GOLD stock is up 3.0% today.
- Aurico Gold Inc (AUQ): AUQ stock is up 2.3% today.
- Royal Gold (RGLD): RGLD stock is up 2.0% today.
- Albany International Corp (AIN): AIN stock is up 1.9% today.
- Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI): ATI stock is up 2.0% to $39.90, near the 52-week high of $39.94.
- Steel Dynamics (STLD): STLD stock is up 1.8% today.
- Enpro Industries (NPO): NPO stock is up 1.1% today.
- Novagold Resources Inc (NG): NG stock is up 1.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Sinopec Shangai Petrochemical Company Ltd (SHI): SHI stock is down 5.4% today.
- Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (ACH): ACH stock is down 2.6% today.
- Rexnord Corp (RXN): RXN stock is down 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Fibria Celulose S.A. (FBR): FBR stock is down 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Methanex Corp (MEOH): MEOH stock is down 1.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Georgia Gulf Corp (AXLL): AXLL stock is down 0.9%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Polypore International Inc (PPO): PPO stock is down 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Innospec Inc (IOSP): IOSP stock is down 0.4%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Mrc Global Inc (MRC): MRC stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF): CLF stock is down 0.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
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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.
