Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – MRC GG POT RAVN
by Portfolio Grader | April 21, 2014 6:00 pm
Basic materials stocks finished flat today on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.3% higher, the Nasdaq rose 0.7% and the S&P 500 was up 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Mrc Global Inc (MRC[1]): MRC stock is up 2.2%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Goldcorp Inc (GG[2]): GG stock is up 2.1% today.
- Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc (POT[3]): POT stock is up 1.5% today.
- Raven Industries (RAVN[4]): RAVN stock is up 1.5% today.
- A. Schulman (SHLM[5]): SHLM stock is up 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Steel Dynamics (STLD[6]): STLD stock is up 1.3% today.
- Weyerhaeuser Company (WY[7]): WY stock is up 1.2% today.
- Sealed Air Corp (SEE[8]): SEE stock is up 1.2%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK[9]): GPK stock is up 1.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Cabot Corp (CBT[10]): CBT stock is up 1.1%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Owens-Illinois (OI[11]): OI stock is down 2.4% today.
- Novagold Resources Inc (NG[12]): NG stock is down 2.0% today.
- PPG Industries (PPG[13]): PPG stock is down 1.5% today.
- Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI[14]): ATI stock is down 1.4% today.
- Stillwater Mining Company (SWC[15]): SWC stock is down 1.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Sun Hydraulics Corp (SNHY[16]): SNHY stock is down 1.1% today.
- Methanex Corp (MEOH[17]): MEOH stock is down 1.1% today.
- Eastman Chemical Company (EMN[18]): EMN stock is down 1.0% today.
- Dominion Diamond Corp (DDC[19]): DDC stock is down 1.0% today.
- National Steel Corp (SID[20]): SID stock is down 0.9% 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:
- MRC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MRC
- GG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GG
- POT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=POT
- RAVN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RAVN
- SHLM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SHLM
- STLD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=STLD
- WY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WY
- SEE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SEE
- GPK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GPK
- CBT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CBT
- OI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OI
- NG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NG
- PPG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PPG
- ATI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ATI
- SWC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SWC
- SNHY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SNHY
- MEOH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MEOH
- EMN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=EMN
- DDC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=DDC
- SID: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SID
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