Basic materials stocks rose broadly 0.8% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.8%, the Nasdaq rose 0.8% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Polyone Corp (POL): POL stock is up 2.7% today.
- Alcoa Inc (AA): AA stock is up 2.6% today.
- Freeport-Mcmoran Copper & Gold (FCX): FCX stock is up 2.3% today.
- Nucor Corp (NUE): NUE stock is up 2.2% today.
- Rio Tinto Plc (RIO): RIO stock is up 2.1% today.
- Packaging Corporation of America (PKG): PKG stock is up 1.8% today.
- Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM): HBM stock is up 1.9% today.
- Kaiser Aluminum Corp (KALU): KALU stock is up 1.7% today.
- Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc (POT): POT stock is up 1.7% today.
- Celanese Corp (CE): CE stock is up 1.6% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Kinross Gold Corp (KGC): KGC stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Molycorp Inc (MCP): MCP stock is down 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Matthews International Corp (MATW): MATW stock is down 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Berry Plastics Group Inc (BERY): BERY stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Simpson Manufacturing Company (SSD): SSD stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Monsanto Company (MON): MON stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Grupo Simec S.A. De C.V. (SIM): SIM stock is down 0.5% today.
- Sociedad Quimica Y Minera S.A. (SQM): SQM stock is down 0.4% today.
- Westlake Chemical Corp (WLK): WLK stock is down 0.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Mueller Water Products (MWA): MWA stock is down 0.3% 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.
