Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – SEE GPRE UFS IP
by Portfolio Grader | April 30, 2014 1:00 pm
Basic materials stocks rose broadly on Wall Street on Wednesday morning, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.3%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stayed level, the Nasdaq declined 0.3% and the S&P 500 stayed the same.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Sealed Air Corp (SEE[1]): SEE stock is up 6.1% to a new 52-week high of $34.57.
- Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE[2]): GPRE stock is up 2.3% today.
- Domtar Corp (UFS[3]): UFS stock is up 3.4% today.
- International Paper Company (IP[4]): IP stock is up 3.2% today.
- Compass Minerals Intl Inc (CMP[5]): CMP stock is up 2.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Pohang Iron & Steel Co. (PKX[6]): PKX stock is up 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Meadwestvaco Corp (MWV[7]): MWV stock is up 1.4% today.
- Copene-Petroquimica Do Nordeste (BAK[8]): BAK stock is up 1.1% today.
- Syngenta Ag (SYT[9]): SYT stock is up 0.9% today.
- Packaging Corporation of America (PKG[10]): PKG stock is up 1.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Watts Water Technologies (WTS[11]): WTS stock is down 5.1% today.
- Cameco Corp (CCJ[12]): CCJ stock is down 3.0%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- United States Steel Corp (X[13]): X stock is down 2.9% today.
- Ternium S.A. (TX[14]): TX stock is down 2.9%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Yamana Gold (AUY[15]): AUY stock is down 2.6% to a new 52-week low of $7.44.
- Polypore International Inc (PPO[16]): PPO stock is down 2.3% today.
- Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO[17]): EGO stock is down 2.0% today.
- Stillwater Mining Company (SWC[18]): SWC stock is down 1.8% today.
- Silver Wheaton Corp (SLW[19]): SLW stock is down 1.8% today.
- Aurico Gold Inc (AUQ[20]): AUQ stock is down 1.9% 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:
- SEE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SEE
- GPRE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GPRE
- UFS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=UFS
- IP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IP
- CMP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CMP
- PKX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PKX
- MWV: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MWV
- BAK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BAK
- SYT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SYT
- PKG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PKG
- WTS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WTS
- CCJ: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CCJ
- X: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=X
- TX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TX
- AUY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AUY
- PPO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PPO
- EGO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=EGO
- SWC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SWC
- SLW: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SLW
- AUQ: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AUQ
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