Biggest Movers in Basic Materials Stocks Now – SID UFPI WIRE MT

by Portfolio Grader | May 27, 2014 12:15 pm

Basic materials stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street so far on Tuesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.2%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.4%, the Nasdaq was up 0.6% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.4%.

Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:

• National Steel Corp (SID[1]): SID stock is up 3.6% today.

• Universal Forest Products (UFPI[2]): UFPI stock is up 2.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Encore Wire Corp (WIRE[3]): WIRE stock is up 1.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Arcelormittal (MT[4]): MT stock is up 1.7% today.

• Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corp (KS[5]): KS stock is up 1.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Watts Water Technologies (WTS[6]): WTS stock is up 1.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Mueller Water Products (MWA[7]): MWA stock is up 1.3% today.

• Ternium S.A. (TX[8]): TX stock is up 1.1% today.

• RBC Bearings Inc (ROLL[9]): ROLL stock is up 1.2% today.

• Polypore International Inc (PPO[10]): PPO stock is up 1.1% today and up 22.7% in the last month.

Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:

• Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd (HMY[11]): HMY stock is down 5.7% today.

• Anglogold Ashanti Ltd (AU[12]): AU stock is down 5.5% today.

• Gold Fields Ltd (GFI[13]): GFI stock is down 4.1% today.

• Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (AEM[14]): AEM stock is down 4.5% today.

• Iamgold Corp (IAG[15]): IAG stock is down 3.3% today.

• Barrick Gold Corp (ABX[16]): ABX stock is down 3.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Kinross Gold Corp (KGC[17]): KGC stock is down 2.5% to a new 52-week low of $3.86.

• Sasol Ltd (SSL[18]): SSL stock is down 2.9% today.

• Newmont Mining Corp (NEM[19]): NEM stock is down 2.5% today.

• Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO[20]): EGO stock is down 2.4% today.

For more information on the best stocks to buy[21] right now, check out the latest commentary on InvestorPlace.com[22].

And for more on the hot stocks moving most on Wall Street right now, check out our archive of daily market movers by sector here[23].

Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.

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