Hottest Basic Materials Stocks Now – CMP TX CLW RGLD
by Portfolio Grader | May 15, 2014 6:15 pm
Basic materials stocks finished down broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 1.4%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.9%, the Nasdaq was down 0.8% and the S&P 500 declined 0.9%.
Some of the biggest gainers among basic materials stocks include:
- Compass Minerals Intl Inc (CMP[1]): CMP stock is up 0.7% to $93.07, near the 52-week high of $93.19.
- Ternium S.A. (TX[2]): TX stock is up 0.4% today.
- Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW[3]): CLW stock is up 0.3% today.
- Royal Gold (RGLD[4]): RGLD stock is up 0.2% today.
- Gerdau S.A. (GGB[5]): GGB stock is up 0.2% today.
Some of the biggest losers among basic materials stocks include:
- Simpson Manufacturing Company (SSD[6]): SSD stock is down 4.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Hecla Mining Company (HL[7]): HL stock is down 2.9% today.
- Sealed Air Corp (SEE[8]): SEE stock is down 2.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Yamana Gold (AUY[9]): AUY stock is down 2.5% today.
- Valhi Inc (VHI[10]): VHI stock is down 2.5% today.
- Agrium Inc (AGU[11]): AGU stock is down 2.4% today.
- Precision Castparts Corp (PCP[12]): PCP stock is down 2.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK[13]): GPK stock is down 2.3% today.
- Air Products and Chemicals (APD[14]): APD stock is down 2.3% today.
- Celanese Corp (CE[15]): CE stock is down 2.2%, marking the third 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.
Endnotes:
- CMP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CMP
- TX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TX
- CLW: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLW
- RGLD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RGLD
- GGB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GGB
- SSD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SSD
- HL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HL
- SEE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SEE
- AUY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AUY
- VHI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VHI
- AGU: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AGU
- PCP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PCP
- GPK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GPK
- APD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=APD
- CE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CE
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